{"id":1904,"date":"2017-02-22T07:21:41","date_gmt":"2017-02-22T07:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=1904"},"modified":"2017-02-22T07:21:41","modified_gmt":"2017-02-22T07:21:41","slug":"using-modal-auxiliaries-to-express-ideas-like-obligation-prohibition-etc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/using-modal-auxiliaries-to-express-ideas-like-obligation-prohibition-etc\/","title":{"rendered":"Using modal auxiliaries to express ideas like obligation, prohibition etc."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These ideas can be expressed using modal auxiliary verbs.<\/p>\n<h2>Strong obligation<\/h2>\n<p>To show strong obligation use must.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You must reach here before 5 o\u2019clock.<\/li>\n<li>She must quit her job.<\/li>\n<li>You must stop smoking.<\/li>\n<li>All workers must arrive for work by 9 a.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Use need to ask if something is absolutely necessary.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Need I wait any longer?<\/li>\n<li>Need I apply again?<\/li>\n<li>Need I pay the dues?<\/li>\n<li>Need I call him?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Prohibition<\/h2>\n<p>We can use structures like may not,cannot and must not to prohibit people from doing something.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You must not write on the wall. (It is prohibited.)<\/li>\n<li>You can\u2019t go.<\/li>\n<li>Books must not be taken out of the library.<\/li>\n<li>Students may not smoke in the classroom.<\/li>\n<li>You can\u2019t come in.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Weak obligation; recommendation<\/h2>\n<p>These ideas can be expressed using the auxiliary verbs <strong>should, ought to, had better, might and shall.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You <strong>should consult<\/strong> a doctor.<\/li>\n<li>He <strong>should work<\/strong> harder.<\/li>\n<li>They <strong>should make<\/strong> another attempt.<\/li>\n<li>She really <strong>ought to<\/strong> apologize.<\/li>\n<li>You <strong>might ask<\/strong> his opinion.<\/li>\n<li>You <strong>had better start<\/strong> saying thank-you.<\/li>\n<li>What <strong>shall we do?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These ideas can be expressed using modal auxiliary verbs. Strong obligation To show strong obligation use must. You must reach here before 5 o\u2019clock. She must quit her job. You must stop smoking. All&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[402],"class_list":["post-1904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lessons","tag-should-and-must"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1904"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1904\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1905,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1904\/revisions\/1905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}