#1  
Old 14-Sep-2008, 10:09
Newbie
 
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 10
Member Type: Student or Learner
Unhappy How to distinguish Modal Verbs ?

How to use exactly these modal verbs ?
thanks
can/could, may/might, will/would, shall/should, must, need, had better, ought to, have to, dare....
  #2  
Old 14-Sep-2008, 12:59
Editor, UsingEnglish.com
 
Join Date: Nov 2002
Posts: 34,371
Home Country: UK
Native Language: British English
Current Location: Philippines
Member Type: English Teacher
Default Re: How to distinguish Modal Verbs ?

That's a huge question and would fill a book. If you click on these links, you'll see just how many discussions we have had on the topic:
UsingEnglish.com ESL Forum - Threads Tagged with modals
UsingEnglish.com ESL Forum - Threads Tagged with modal
UsingEnglish.com ESL Forum - Threads Tagged with modal verbs
UsingEnglish.com ESL Forum - Threads Tagged with conditionals
UsingEnglish.com ESL Forum - Threads Tagged with conditional
Closed Thread

Bookmarks

Tags
english, grammar, modal verb


Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
[Grammar] Few very confusing things about modal verbs srubys Ask a Teacher 1 25-Jul-2008 14:18
how to distinguish verbs Skyline1001 Ask a Teacher 2 25-Aug-2007 03:55
Modal verbs and Modal auxiliary verbs zoobinshid Ask a Teacher 2 26-Sep-2005 08:59
modal verbs Anonymous Ask a Teacher 1 22-Oct-2003 04:28


All times are GMT. The time now is 07:14.



Content Relevant URLs by vBSEO ©2011, Crawlability, Inc.