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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 3. Insertion ofmodal verbs in students’ long essays
| Kind of modal verbs | Freq. | No of Insertion |
| Can | 364 | 84 |
| Could | 157 | 29 |
| Will | 228 | 37 |
| Would | 104 | 14 |
| May | 198 | 26 |
| Might | 15 | 3 |
| Should | 189 | 8 |
| Must | 72 | 6 |
| To be able to | 56 | 4 |
| Need/to | 46 | 2 |
| Used to | 15 | 1 |
| Total | 1362 | 214 |