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Modals
Modals
Modals
Can Will
May Should
Might Must
Could Have to
The modals in group 1 are frequently used to
make statements of possibility and
probability.
Example :
1. We all will die
2. According to Newtons first law when a
body at rest it will remain at rest unlest
there is a net force acts on the body.
Must is used when the speaker sees
something as necessarily and logically true.
Cant is used when the speaker sees it as
logically impossible for something to be true.
Example :
1. The magnetic pole must attract the particle
since they made of iron.
2. The device must also attract the glass.
3. A car cant move if there is no friction
force.
2. Continuation of the action
Example :
1. In general, if our standard body of 1 kg mass has an
acceleration a, we know that the force F must be acting
on it.
2. The ball cant be moving. It must be at rest because
theres no force acting on it.
3. For a perfect situation, we use:
Example :
1. The Experiment will have been conducted by now
2. The ball is moving, Some one must have kicked it.
3. Newtonian mechanics cant have worked in that case. The
interacting bodies were on the scale of atomic structure.