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RIC MODALS
Modals and definitions for ELLS
Term | Definition |
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Can | Permission/Ability/ Possibility/ask permission /request |
Cannot | Prohibition |
should | advice/suggestion/ recommendation/good idea |
should not | bad idea |
may | ask permission/give permission/possibility/future possibility/ |
may not | prohibition/negative possibility |
might | future/present/possibility |
must | necessity-formal/conclusion/deduction |
must not | prohibition |
would | request |
would like | preference |
would rather | preference |
could | past permission/past ability/request/asking permission |
have to | necessity |
had to | past necessity |
have got to | necessity |
not have to | Optional-NOT mandatory/necessary |
had better | recommendation-stronger than should |
be supposed to | expectation-stronger than should |
be able to | ability |
be allowed to | permission |
ought to | should-good idea |