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CERTAINTY OF MODALS VERBS/ADVERB STATEMENT OF CLAIM
CONCLUSION

STRONG Is/will/can/must It seems clear that...........
Never/clearly/always/ It seems clear that......
Definitely/undoubtedly Y is definitely.......

MODERATE Should/would/can/tends It’s usually the case that.....
to/ought It appears probable......
to/usually/regularly/probably/

Majority/frequently
Often/generally/rarely

TENTATIVE May/might/could/possible It’s possible that..........

Seldom/sometime/perhaps/ It’s maybe the case that...
maybe

8. “And, ....” (it’s a conjuction : co-ordinating conjuction : And,but,nor,or,yet).
The sentence that uses those conjuctions is called a “Compound Sentence”.
E.g. : 1. Silver went to the bookstore
Silver bought so many books

 Silver went to the bookstore AND bought so many books.
2. You may buy dresses OR shoes
3. His house is not far from the office YET Nanta is offen late for the meeting
4. I accepted her invitation BUT I could not come to her birtday party
5. He does not go to the library NOR does to the laboratory

9. “Which, ....” (It’s sub-ordinating conjuction : ehen, after, since, because, ....).
The sentence which uses those conjuctions is called a “Complex Sentence”.
E.g : a. These are farm workers.
They work on rubber plantations
 these are farm worker WHO work on rubber plantation.
b. Uta didn’t go to school yesterday BECAUSE he was ill
c. ALTHOUGH Mr. john is not quite rich, he is very happy in his life

10. If the sentence uses or is joined by both co-ordinating and sub-ordinating
conjuctions, we call it “Compound-Complex Sentence”
$ I and my mother buy some fruit that are still fresh but we don’t buy vegetables
because we don’t like at all.
11.”I personally think” (It’s a subjective opinion), there are still so many others to
express subjective opinions, such as in my mind, according to me, as for me, etc)

12. “Firstly,In addition, Futhermore ....” (they are connectives)
13. “From the elaboration above” (it’s a phrase for making a conclusion),and besides