| 21. | :The French " normalement " can be translated as the English modal verb " should " in these contexts.
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| 22. | Modal verbs are defective insofar as they cannot be inflected, nor do they appear as gerunds, infinitives, or participles.
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| 23. | A modal verb can serve as the finite verb introducing a verb conditional mood, as described elsewhere on this page.
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| 24. | The " will / shall " future consists of the " shall " in the article on English modal verbs.
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| 25. | It actually doesn't explain clearly this Sneewittchen scenario with 4 verbs and 2 of which can act as modal verbs.
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| 26. | One can note further in this area that English modal auxiliaries are quite unlike modal verbs in closely related languages.
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| 27. | If the verbal expression of modality involves the use of an auxiliary verb, that auxiliary is called a modal verb.
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| 28. | Distinguishing between the two types of modality can be difficult, since many sentences contain a modal verb that allows both interpretations.
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| 29. | Modal verbs in Italian are the only group of verbs allowed to follow this particular behavior, forming so a distinct class.
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| 30. | When one requires an infinite tense to show mood, he must substitute some sort of periphrase for the modal verb in question.
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