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Understanding Modals: Permission, Obligation, Prohibition by Joann Gaan Yanoc is a document available to read on EtoBox.
The document discusses the use of modals to express permission, obligation, and prohibition in English. It defines modals as helping verbs that indicate likelihood, permission, ability, possibility and other meanings. The document outlines modals of permission like can, could, and may; modals of obligation like must and have to; and modals of prohibition which use the same modals as permission and obligation but with not. It provides examples for each type of modal and has exercises for students to identify
- Author
- Joann Gaan Yanoc
- Language
- EN