A study on epistemic modal elements expressed in the selected State of the Nation Address of Ghana

Table 2.

Frequency of Distribution of ModalAuxiliaries in the Data

Modal Aux. verbs Total number of occurrences Percentage 0/0

Would 4 28.58
May 3 21.43
will 3 21.43
Might 2 14.29
Could 1 7.14
Should 1 7.14
Total 14 100.0