Editing Modal verb (section)

== English ==
{{main|English modal verbs}}
The following table lists English modal verbs and various senses in which they are used:

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! Modal verb !! Epistemic sense || Deontic sense || Dynamic sense
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| can || That '''can''' indeed hinder. || You '''can''', if you are allowed. || She '''can''' really sing.
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| could || That '''could''' happen soon. || – || He '''could''' swim when he was young.
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| may || That '''may''' be a problem. || '''May''' I stay? || –
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| might || The weather '''might''' improve.               || '''Might''' I help you? || –
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| must || It '''must''' be hot outside. || Sam '''must''' go to school. || –
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| shall ||{{refn|group=n|Shall has a first person future meaning.<ref name=grammar>Practical English Usage; Swan, M; International Students' Edition 1996, OUP; {{ISBN|019 442146 5}}</ref> Shall and will do not express probability and are instead used as markers for the future tense}}- || You '''shall''' not pass. || –
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| should || That '''should''' be surprising. || You '''should''' stop that. || –
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| will || {{refn|group=n|Will has a second and third person future meaning.<ref name=grammar>{{Practical English Usage; Swan, M; International Students' Edition 1996, OUP; ISBN 019 442146 5}}</ref> Shall and will do not express probability and are instead used as markers for the future tense}}-  || I '''will''' be there! || –
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| would || Nothing '''would''' accomplish that. || – || –
|-
|ought
|That '''ought''' to be correct.
|You '''ought''' to be kind.
|}