Owing to their modal characteristics, modal verbs are among a very select group of verbs in Afrikaans that have a preterite form.
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In any case, if you are trying to improve your English, I would advise you not to use these verbs as modal verbs.
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Modal verbs can also be used, such as " will " used as above in future constructions and " would " in conditional constructions.
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In English, modal verbs are called defective verbs because of their incomplete conjugation : they have a narrower range of functions than ordinary verbs.
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I am a professional editor and native speaker of English with many years of education, and I do not use these verbs as modal verbs.
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:Frankly, I wouldn't worry about it . " Need " and " dare " are hardly used any more as modal verbs in contemporary English.
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I don't think I've ever heard them used as modal verbs, except in old texts and maybe rarely by people affecting a historic way of speaking.
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If there are irregular present tense forms ( see modal verbs the present and preterite forms are listed, since these are the only forms that exist.
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The difficulty is that it is in the subjunctive ( the main verb ) with 1 modal verb and lassen which can act like a modal verb.
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This phenomenon of evidentials developing secondary functions or of other grammatical elements ( e . g . miratives, modal verbs ) developing evidential functions is fairly widespread.
