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Effect of Modal Verbs on Students’ Writing in the Colleges of Education
Universal Journal of Literature and Linguistics
| Vol 2, Issue 1
Table 2. Theme 1- Non-harmonious use of modal verbs in students’assignments
| Kinds of modal verbs | Total freq. | Non-harmonious |
| Can | 71 | 19 |
| Could | 34 | 4 |
| Will | 169 | 27 |
| Would | 148 | 16 |
| Want to | 46 | 4 |
| Need/to | 26 | 1 |
| To be able to | 39 | 1 |
| Have to | 9 | 1 |
| Total | 542 | 73 |