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Effect of Modal Verbs on Students’ Writing in the Colleges of Education
Universal Journal of Literature and Linguistics
| Vol 2, Issue 1
Table 1. Non – harmonious use of modalverbs in students’ Long Essays
| Kinds of modal verbs | Total freq. | Non-harmonious |
| Can | 364 | 56 |
| Could | 157 | 31 |
| Will | 228 | 40 |
| Would | 104 | 15 |
| May | 98 | 30 |
| Might | 15 | 7 |
| Should | 189 | 35 |
| Must | 72 | 13 |
| To be able/to | 56 | 9 |
| Used to | 15 | 3 |
| Need/to | 46 | 6 |
| Want to | 16 | 2 |
| Have to | 9 | 2 |
| Total | 1369 | 249 |