modal - use in sentences

Modifies a noun

  • verb: For a more detailed look at the modal verb would, see our grammar archive.
  • shift: In large urban areas, where most of the modal shift occurs, the impact on car traffic is slightly higher.
  • logic: However, the term ' modal logic ' may be used more broadly for a family of related systems.
  • split: The County Council will set traffic targets for journey to work modal splits for each of its urban areas.
  • mu-calculus: The application of the semantics to business processes results in formal process descriptions that lend themselves to property checking through the modal mu-calculus.
  • auxiliaries: The use of modal auxiliaries differs in southern Standard English and in Scots.

Modifying Another Word

  • only: In the introductory paragraphs to Chapter Six the authors ask the question: are sentences the only modal translation unit?
  • not: If it was not modal then we could show the splash screen in a non-modal form and let the sort process continue without interruption.

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