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Definition of Modals
1. modal [n] - See also: modal
Lexicographical Neighbors of Modals
Literary usage of Modals
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A New German Grammar for Beginners by Paul Valentine Bacon (1916)
"The Future Perfect of the modals is regular, but rare. (a) These regular past
participles of the modals are used when there is no dependent infinitive. ..."
2. Elements of German by Paul Valentine Bacon (1914)
"(a) Conjugate the other five modals in the past. 136. ... modals with e8 and ju.
— (a) Where English says 7 ean, you must, and so on, German generally uses ..."
3. German Composition by Paul Valentine Bacon (1913)
"THE "TWO INFINITIVES" CONSTRUCTION WITH OTHER VERBS THAN THE modals. ...
Two Infinitives with Other Verbs than modals.— Besides the modal auxiliaries the ..."
4. Formal Logic: Or, The Calculus of Inference, Necessary and Probable by Augustus De Morgan (1847)
"... that it was faid to be beyond human determination whether they moft tortured
the modals, or the modals them. ..."
5. A Grammar of the Malayan Language by William Marsden (1812)
"MALAYAN LANGUAGE. or modals. Adverbs are words employed to modify the action of
verbs and the qualities of nouns, denoting the circumstances of time, place, ..."
6. The Port-Royal Logic by Antoine Arnauld, Pierre Nicole (1861)
"modals. The affection of modality, as here explained, and as commonly understood
in the ... modals are accordingly now, on principle, rejected from logic. ..."
7. The Young Composer: A Guide to English Grammar & Composition by Henry Noble Day (1870)
"modals, further, are in respect of their forms of three classes:— 1. Single words,
or Proper modals ; 2. Modal Phrases ; 3. Modal Clauses. § 214. ..."
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