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         STRUCTURES




           (+)     S + Modal Verb + V (bare infinitive)




         (-)       S + Modal Verb + NOT + V (bare infinitive)





         (?)       Modal Verb + S + V (bare infinitive)?


             You should come on time.

             You should not be late.
             Should I come on time?

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                USAGE


                            CAN                                        COULD

             # 1 Express ability at present                # 1 Express ability in the past

             (to be physically able to do ST or to         He could read when he was three
             know how to do ST)                            years old.




             Birds can fly.
             I can speak two languages.

















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