An auxiliary verb (such as `can' or `will') that is used to express modality.
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Examples for "modal "
Examples for "modal "
1 All the samples of normal mucosa showed a diploid modal DNA content.
2 But there is another way in which modal propositions may be regarded.
3 Cross - modal exercise prescription at absolute and relative oxygen uptake using perceived exertion.
4 So I suppose they really did practise between themselves these modal gymnastics.
5 The modal analysis shows the frequency-dependent phase reversal of the radial stereocilia displacement.
1 "They have time for it, evidently," she mused, "and after all it is certainly more important than modal auxiliaries ! "
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