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    Modals For Probability and Certainty: If The Certainty Was Also in The Past

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    The document discusses modals used to express certainty and possibility about events in the present, future, and past. It lists modals like "must", "have to", and "can't" to convey certainty that something is, was, or will be the case. Modals like "may", "might", and "could" express possibility, likelihood, or seeming that something is, was, or will be the case. The appropriate modal varies depending on whether the event being discussed is present, future, or past.

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    MODALS FOR PROBABILITY AND CERTAINTY

    Certainty Possibility
    ABOUT SOMETHING NOW ABOUT SOMETHING NOW

    Now yes Must + verb Now yes May / Might / could + verb
    Be bound to + verb Be likely to + verb
    Have to + verb Appear / seem to + verb

    *If the certainty was also in the past


    Had to + verb

    Now No Can’t + verb Now No May not / Might not

    *If the certainty was also in the past Be unlikely to


    Couldn’t + verb
    Not appear / seem to + verb

    ABOUT SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE ABOUT SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE

    Future Yes Must be going to + verb Future yes May / Might / could be going to + verb
    Be bound to be going to + verb Be likely to be going to + verb
    Have to be going to + verb Appear / seem be going to + verb

    *If the certainty was also in the past Future No May not / Might not be going to + verb
    Had to be going to + verb Be unlikely to be going to + verb
    Not appear / seem to be going to + verb
    Future No Can’t be going to + verb

    ABOUT SOMETHING IN THE PAST ABOUT SOMETHING IN THE PAST

    Past Yes Must have + pp Past Yes May have + pp


    Be bound to have + pp Might have + pp
    Could have + pp
    *If the certainty was also in the past Be likely to have + pp
    Appear / seem to have + pp
    Had to have

    Past No Can’t have Past No May not have + pp


    Might not have + pp
    *If the certainty was also in the past Be unlikely to have + pp
    Couldn’t have + pp No Appear / seem to have + pp

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