Modalverbsindicatingpossibility may,might,can,couldinaffirmativesentencesItmay/might/couldrainlater.Theremay/might/Thetemperaturecouldbesomecakeleft.cansometimesI’llgoandlook.reach35CinJuly.Exceedingthestateddosemaycausedrowsiness.(fromamedicinecontainer)Inquestions Couldtherebesomecakeleft?Areyoulikelytobe...
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Modalverbs Step1Basicinformation 1.情态动词的定义：情态动词是一种表示说话人的情绪,态度或语气的动词。2.情态动词的语法特征:情态动词没有人称和数的变化(除开haveto)有些有时态的变化有词义,但不完整,不能单独做谓语④情态动词+动词原形一起构成谓语 Step2Howmanymodalverbsdoyouknow?cancouldbeabletomaymight...
“pure” manner ad-verbs) modify the Lexical Property (f) only (Hengeveld & Mackenzie 2008: 208, 230). 362 E. KeizerAs will have become clear from the preceding sections, in investigating the semantic-syntactic interface (in the case of adverbs as well as other phenomena) one always runs...
1974). For example, Curl and Drew (2008) find that request formats with modal verbs such as Can you and Could I show the speaker’s high entitlement to make the request and little consideration of contingencies on the requestee’s end; by contrast, I wonder if prefaced requests orient ...