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MODALS TO EXPRESS DEGREES OF CERTAINTY
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MODALS TO EXPRESS DEGREES OF CERTAINTY:
Speculations about the Present
It must be true = It has to be true =
It has got to be true =
I think that it is probably true. (I am at least 80 to 90% sure.)
It may be true = It might be true =
I think that it is maybe true. (I am only about 50% sure.)
It can’t be true = It couldn’t be true =It must not be true =
I think that it is probably not true.
I don’t believe it.
It may not be true = It might not be true =
I think that it maybe is not true.
MODALS TO EXPRESS DEGREES OF CERTAINTY:
Speculations about the Past
It must have been true = It had to have been true =I think that probably it was
true.
It may have been true = It might have been true =It could have been true
I think that maybe it was true.
It can’t have been true = It couldn’t have been true =It must not have been true
I think that probably it wasn’t true.
I don’t believe that it was true.
It may not have been true = It might not have been true I
think that maybe it wasn’t true.
MODALS TO EXPRESS DEGREES OF CERTAINTY:
Speculations about the Future
We may solve it soon = We might solve it soon =We could solve it soon =
Maybe we will solve it soon.
We may not solve it soon = We might not solve it soon Maybe we will not solve it
soon.