Modal Auxialaries and Similar expressions
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1. May. Uses for:
-polite request, e.g: may i borrow your pen?
-formal permission, e.g: you may leave the room.
-less than 50% certainty, e.g: John may be at the library.
2. Might. Uses for:
-less than 50% certainty, e.g: John might be at the library.
-polite request, e.g: might I borrow your book?
3. Should. Uses for:
-advisability, e.g: I should study tonight.
-90% certainty, e.g: she should do well on the test. (Future only, not present)
4. Ought to, uses for:
- advisability, e.g: I ought to study tonight.
- 90% certainty, e.g: she ought to do well on the test. (Future only, not present)
5. Had better, uses for:
-advisability with threat of bad result, e.g: you had better be on time, or we will leave without you.
6. Be supposed to, uses for expectation, e.g: Class is supposed to begin at 10.00 a.m.
7. be to, uses for strong expectation, e.g: You are to be here at 10.00 a.m.
8. must, uses for:
-strong necessity, e.g: I must go right now.
-prohibition, e.g: You must not take her book.
-95% certainty, e.g: Eka isn't in class. She must be sick.
9. have to, uses for:
-necessity, e.g: I have to go to market this morning.
-lack of necessity, e.g: I don't have to go to class today.
