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MODALS TO EXPRESS DEGREES OF CERTAINTY - Coggle Diagram
MODALS TO EXPRESS DEGREES OF CERTAINTY
Speculations about the Present
Positive
It
has(got) to be
true.
It
may/might be
true.
It
must be
true.
It
could be
true.
Negative
It
must not be
true.
It
may not be
true.
It
can't / couldn't be
true.
It
might not be
true.
Speculations about the future
Negative
We
may not solve
it soon.
We
might not solve
it soon.
Positive
We
may solve
it soon.
We
might solve
it soon.
We
ought to solve
it soon.
We
could solve
it soon.
We
should solve
it soon.
Speculations about the past
Positive
It
may have been
true.
It
might have been
true.
It
had to have been
true.
It
could have been
true.
It
must have been
true.
Negative
It
must not have been
true.
It
may not have been
true.
It
couldn't have been
true.
It
might not have been
true.
It
can't have been
true.