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Is knowing the constructions enough to understand modality patterns in English?: A response to ‘Taming English modals – how a construction grammar approach helps to understand modal verbs’ by Sergio Torres–Martínez, English Today, 138, 35(2), 50–57, 2019
English Today ( IF 1.156 ) Pub Date : 2020-10-08 , DOI: 10.1017/s0266078420000425
Ronald Fong

Grammarians and teachers would admit that modality is one of the most difficult areas to deal with in English grammar, and it is particularly difficult for learners of English to master this area of grammar. Modality can be achieved by different means (see, for example, Huddleston & Pullum, 2002; Lyons, 1977; Quirk et al., 1985). The following examples illustrate modality by the use of words of various categories:

  1. (1) Maybe you are right.

  2. (2) You may be right.

  3. (3) I think you are right.

  4. (4) I am certain you are right.



中文翻译:

了解结构是否足以理解英语中的情态模式?:对 Sergio Torres–Martínez 的“驯服英语情态——结构语法方法如何帮助理解情态动词”的回应,《今日英语》,138, 35(2), 50– 2019 年 57 月

语法学家和教师会承认,情态是英语语法中最难处理的领域之一,英语学习者尤其难以掌握这一语法领域。模态可以通过不同的方式实现(例如,参见 Huddleston & Pullum, 2002; Lyons, 1977; Quirk et al., 1985)。以下示例通过使用各种类别的词来说明模态:

  1. (1)也许你是对的。

  2. (2)你可能是对的。

  3. (3)我认为你是对的。

  4. (4)我相信你是对的。

更新日期:2020-10-08
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