Effect of Modal Verbs on Students’ Writing in the Colleges of Education

Table 3.

Improper hedging of modal verbs instudents’ Long Essays

Kinds of modal verbs Total Freq. Improper hedging

Can 364 33
Could 157 14
Will 228 7
Would 104 2
May 98 3
Might 15 2
Should 189 5

Total 1155 66