End of ADS-L Digest - 27 Jun 1994 to 29 Jun 1994

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Topics of the day:



 1. Double modals in Utah (2)



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Date:  Fri, 1 Jul 1994 06:42:00 +1200

From:  "George Halliday (09)483-9039" <HALLIDAYG[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]SCHOOLS.MINEDU.GOVT.NZ>

Subject: Re: Double modals in Utah



Need as a modal



Grammatically modals are marked by their morphology - one feature of

which is the lack of the -s 3rd person marker so needs doesn't look

like a modal here. There is also the possible contamination by the

idiomatic "needs be when the devil drives" where needs is a noun.



George Halliday

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