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Direct linkWillem B. Hollmann; Kazuko Fujimoto; Masahiro Kuroda – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2024
Modifying and hedging one's claims appropriately is an important characteristic of academic writing. This study focuses on the three main English modal verbs used to express "epistemic possibility" to avoid making strong statements, viz., "may", "might", and "could". The purpose of this corpus-based study is…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Verbs, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
