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8.3. Exemplification8.3.1. English Modal Auxiliariesa. You may be right. (Possibility: it can also be realizednon-verbally:a.l. It is possible that you are right.a.2. Perhaps /Possibly, you are right.b. Can you call back tomorrow? (Ability: are you able to .. . ?)c. You must be joking. (Necessity: it is necessarily the case thatyou are joking.d. You can /may do as you wish. (permission: you areallowed..)e. You must be back by ten o'clock. (Obligation: you areobliged to be back by ten).-f. I'll write as soon as I can. (Volition! intention: I tend to writeas soon as I can).g. !' 11 do it, if you like, (Volition! willingness: I'm willingto do it.)h. She will/ would keep interrupting me. (Volition! insistence:she insists on interrupting me).i. The guests will / would have arrived by that time. (prediction:they are expected to. . .)Sometimes a modal auxiliary verb expresses more that onemodal concept. The following are some examples borrowed fromQuirk, et. al. (1985: 219-239).j. You may have to play it again. (possibility+obligation).k. She must have been willing to help. (necessity +volition).8.3.2. Arabic Modal Auxiliaries

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