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An Evaluation of Modal Verbs Teacher-Trainees Used in Writing Long Essays and Assignments
Open Journal of Educational Research
| Vol 4, Issue 5
Table 1. Substitution ofmodal verbs in students’ long essays (LEs)
| Kinds of modal verbs | Total freq. | No of substitution |
| Can | 364 | 12 |
| Could | 157 | 4 |
| Will | 228 | 6 |
| Would | 104 | 8 |
| May | 98 | 7 |
| Might | 15 | 1 |
| Should | 189 | 90 |
| Must | 72 | 36 |
| To be able/ to | 56 | 2 |
| Need/to | 46 | 2 |
| Used to | 15 | 1 |
| Want to | 16 | 0 |
| Have to | 1 | 1 |
| Shall | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 1362 | 171 |