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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 3. Improper hedging of modal verbs instudents’ Long Essays

Kinds of modal verbsTotal Freq.Improper hedging
Can 36433
Could 15714
Will 2287
Would 1042
May 983
Might 152
Should 1895

Total115566