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  2. English modal auxiliary verbs - Wikipedia

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    The English modal auxiliary verbs are a subset of the English auxiliary verbs used mostly to express modality, properties such as possibility and obligation. [a] They can most easily be distinguished from other verbs by their defectiveness (they do not have participles or plain forms [b]) and by their lack of the ending ‑(e)s for the third-person singular.

  3. Modal verb - Wikipedia

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    A modal verb is a type of verb that contextually indicates a modality such as a likelihood, ability, permission, request, capacity, suggestion, order, obligation, necessity, possibility or advice. Modal verbs generally accompany the base (infinitive) form of another verb having semantic content. [ 1 ]

  4. Modality (semantics) - Wikipedia

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    The modal base here is the knowledge of the speaker, the modal force is necessity. By contrast, (5) could be paraphrased as 'Given his abilities, the strength of his teeth, etc., it is possible for John to open a beer bottle with his teeth'. Here, the modal base is defined by a subset of John's abilities, the modal force is possibility.

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    NFL trade rumors and buzz have already picked up, and they should grow louder in the coming weeks. Here are the top candidates to be dealt in 2025.

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    The NFL hasn't had consecutive back-to-back Super Bowl champions in 50 years.

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    U.S. President Donald Trump and U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi poses on the day of her swearing in ceremony, at the White House in Washington, U.S., February 5, 2025.

  8. Modal adverbs - Wikipedia

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    Modal adverbs often appear as clause-initial adjuncts, and have scope over the whole clause, [4] as in (1) with the adverb in bold. Probably, the biggest push for corruption prosecutions came in the mid-2000s. This has the same meaning as (2) with the paraphrase using the modal adjective (in bold).

  9. Not all companies are backing away from DEI in the new Trump era

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    Over the past year, a number of high-profile companies have done about-faces on diversity, including Meta (), Walmart (), McDonald's (), Lowe’s (), Ford (), Tractor Supply (), and John Deere ...