AUXILIARY | USES | PRESENT/FUTURE | PAST |
may | (1)polite request | | |
(2)formal permission | | | |
(3)less than 50% certainty | Luckily, we’ll get to run an experiment here: He had two women on his Executive Committee; now it seems he may lose both. | | |
might | (1)less than 50% certainty | As I type that, I feel as though I might cry again. | |
(2)polite request (rare) | | | |
should | (1)advisability | | The best approach, though, should have been a comprehensive enquiry to determine the number of credit hours as well as courses covered by the said students per their individual faculties. |
(2)90% certainty | “Diverse perspectives” are nice to have, but if that’s what the Mayor’s after, then that’s what he should pursue — and he should do so in a gender-neutral fashion, as any normal person would. | That certainly doesn’t mean that the qualities and merits of any given individual shouldn’t be weighed and valued. | |
ought to | (1)advisability | | |
(2)90% certainty | I contend that there ought to have been a better solution and to that effect the policymakers in the given scenarios should rethink and revisit their policies or decisions in order to reach a comprehensive solution. | | |
had better | (1)advisability with threat of bad result | | |
be supposed to | (1)expectation | | |
be to | (1)strong expectation | The point is these students who are said to be given diplomas have been on campus undergoing degree training for now close to five years commencing September 2008-2012! The normal diploma programme in Sudan and perhaps in South Sudan takes three academic years. | In all these scenarios, something had to be done to stop the violence |
must | (1)strong necessity | | |
(2)prohibition (negative) | | | |
(3)95% certainty | A Social Media Director does not have to be an established writer-but they must be able to speak articulately and succinctly | | |
have to | (1)necessity | | |
(2)lack of necessity (negative) | | | |
have got to | (1)necessity | | What I haven't gotten used to is the days when I feel low |
will | (1)100% certainty | •Pasternak got the nod and so (presuming the appointment is ratified by the full Council) the budget process will be overseen by seven men and zero women •Brock and I tend to say yes to anything that sounds like it will make a good story, so before we knew it, we were at this guy's house, where he lives with an elderly Indian couple, who insisted we eat curry, chapatti and mango pickle. | |
(2)willingness | | My eyes glazed over a bit at the end bit there, but I’ll try to address the points my (male) colleagues have raised above. | |
(3)polite request | | | |
be going to | (1)100% certainty | | |
(2)definite plan | | | |
can | (1)ability/possibility | My gay children can support their siblings' weddings but can't themselves marry. | |
(2)informal permission | | | |
(3)informal polite request | | | |
(4)impossibility (negative only) | | My gay children can support their siblings' weddings but can't themselves marry. | |
could | (1)past ability | | |
(2)polite request | | | |
(3)suggestion | | | |
(4)less than 50% certainty | My son's male partner could legally officiate at my daughter's wedding, but could not marry my son. | | |
(5)impossibility (negative only) | My son's male partner could legally officiate at my daughter's wedding, but could not marry my son. | The kind of days when I would wake up and decide I couldn't be bothered to go to the gym. | |
be able to | (1)ability | | A Social Media Director does not have to be an established writer-but they must be able to speak articulately and succinctly |
would | (1)polite request | Ask yourself: What percentage of people who would be upset about such things voted Ford in the last election? Five? One-and-a-half? I’d peg the percentage of Torontonians who could name a member of the Budget Committee at something less than that. | |
(2)preference | •A more diverse set of perspectives and approaches would only help his administration and, by extension, the city. •For Rob Ford to worry about the gender makeup of his committees would be like worrying about your high cholesterol while your plane’s going down. | On day four, I cried when I discovered I'd left my debit card at home, and would have to borrow all my money off Brock. | |
(3)repeated action in the past | | | |
used to | (1)repeated action in the past | | |
shall | (1)polite question to make a suggestion | Shall we watch forthcoming events closely for evidence of more and more even gooey-er testosterone? | |
(2)future with "I" or "we" as subject | Shall we watch forthcoming events closely for evidence of more and more even gooey-er testosterone? | |
Kamis, 12 April 2012
AUXILIARY
AUXILIARY | USES | PRESENT/FUTURE | PAST |
may | (1)polite request | | |
(2)formal permission | | | |
(3)less than 50% certainty | Luckily, we’ll get to run an experiment here: He had two women on his Executive Committee; now it seems he may lose both. | | |
might | (1)less than 50% certainty | As I type that, I feel as though I might cry again. | |
(2)polite request (rare) | | | |
should | (1)advisability | | The best approach, though, should have been a comprehensive enquiry to determine the number of credit hours as well as courses covered by the said students per their individual faculties. |
(2)90% certainty | “Diverse perspectives” are nice to have, but if that’s what the Mayor’s after, then that’s what he should pursue — and he should do so in a gender-neutral fashion, as any normal person would. | That certainly doesn’t mean that the qualities and merits of any given individual shouldn’t be weighed and valued. | |
ought to | (1)advisability | | |
(2)90% certainty | I contend that there ought to have been a better solution and to that effect the policymakers in the given scenarios should rethink and revisit their policies or decisions in order to reach a comprehensive solution. | | |
had better | (1)advisability with threat of bad result | | |
be supposed to | (1)expectation | | |
be to | (1)strong expectation | The point is these students who are said to be given diplomas have been on campus undergoing degree training for now close to five years commencing September 2008-2012! The normal diploma programme in Sudan and perhaps in South Sudan takes three academic years. | In all these scenarios, something had to be done to stop the violence |
must | (1)strong necessity | | |
(2)prohibition (negative) | | | |
(3)95% certainty | A Social Media Director does not have to be an established writer-but they must be able to speak articulately and succinctly | | |
have to | (1)necessity | | |
(2)lack of necessity (negative) | | | |
have got to | (1)necessity | | What I haven't gotten used to is the days when I feel low |
will | (1)100% certainty | •Pasternak got the nod and so (presuming the appointment is ratified by the full Council) the budget process will be overseen by seven men and zero women •Brock and I tend to say yes to anything that sounds like it will make a good story, so before we knew it, we were at this guy's house, where he lives with an elderly Indian couple, who insisted we eat curry, chapatti and mango pickle. | |
(2)willingness | | My eyes glazed over a bit at the end bit there, but I’ll try to address the points my (male) colleagues have raised above. | |
(3)polite request | | | |
be going to | (1)100% certainty | | |
(2)definite plan | | | |
can | (1)ability/possibility | My gay children can support their siblings' weddings but can't themselves marry. | |
(2)informal permission | | | |
(3)informal polite request | | | |
(4)impossibility (negative only) | | My gay children can support their siblings' weddings but can't themselves marry. | |
could | (1)past ability | | |
(2)polite request | | | |
(3)suggestion | | | |
(4)less than 50% certainty | My son's male partner could legally officiate at my daughter's wedding, but could not marry my son. | | |
(5)impossibility (negative only) | My son's male partner could legally officiate at my daughter's wedding, but could not marry my son. | The kind of days when I would wake up and decide I couldn't be bothered to go to the gym. | |
be able to | (1)ability | | A Social Media Director does not have to be an established writer-but they must be able to speak articulately and succinctly |
would | (1)polite request | Ask yourself: What percentage of people who would be upset about such things voted Ford in the last election? Five? One-and-a-half? I’d peg the percentage of Torontonians who could name a member of the Budget Committee at something less than that. | |
(2)preference | •A more diverse set of perspectives and approaches would only help his administration and, by extension, the city. •For Rob Ford to worry about the gender makeup of his committees would be like worrying about your high cholesterol while your plane’s going down. | On day four, I cried when I discovered I'd left my debit card at home, and would have to borrow all my money off Brock. | |
(3)repeated action in the past | | | |
used to | (1)repeated action in the past | | |
shall | (1)polite question to make a suggestion | Shall we watch forthcoming events closely for evidence of more and more even gooey-er testosterone? | |
(2)future with "I" or "we" as subject | Shall we watch forthcoming events closely for evidence of more and more even gooey-er testosterone? | |
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