Modal (definition)

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Modals are a type of auxiliary that expresses the Mood (definition) of a sentence, for example uncertainty possibility, and obligation.

See Also

Auxiliary (definition)

External Links

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modal_verb

http://www.sil.org/linguistics/GlossaryOfLinguisticTerms/WhatIsMoodAndModality.htm

References

Crystal, David (1999) The Penguin Dictionary of Language. London: Penguin.

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