This article focuses on using modal verbs and adjectives for certainty, probability, and deduction. “Deduction” means using the information available to make a guess or draw a conclusion about the facts, and depending on the
Distancing is the use of language that is vague or cautious. We use it when we’re not sure of the accuracy of what we’re saying, or if we want to soften our words, make them
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We can use the modal verbsmight, may, could, must and can’t for talking about what we think is possible or true in the present. We don’t know for sure, so we make guesses and
We use can or be able to for saying that somebody or something has the ability to do something. We use may or could to talk about the possibility of something in the present or