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Past Uses of "Must" in Modality

This document outlines three modal verbs - must, can't/couldn't, and could/might/may - and their uses to express levels of certainty about past situations or ideas. Must is used to express near-certainty about something in the past, can't/couldn't expresses certainty about impossibility in the past, and could/might/may convey uncertainty about something in the past.

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Past Uses of "Must" in Modality

This document outlines three modal verbs - must, can't/couldn't, and could/might/may - and their uses to express levels of certainty about past situations or ideas. Must is used to express near-certainty about something in the past, can't/couldn't expresses certainty about impossibility in the past, and could/might/may convey uncertainty about something in the past.

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MODAL USE FORM

MUST NEAR - CERTAINTY MUST +HAVE + PAST


ABOUT STH IN THE PAST PARTICIPLE

CAN´T CERTAINTY IN RELATION CAN´T OR COULDN´T


COULDN´T TO IMPOSSIBLE IDEAS OR + HAVE + PAST
SITUATIONS IN THE PAST PARTICIPLE

COULD, MIGHT , MAY UNCERTAINTY ABOUT COULD, MIGHT OR MAY


STH IN THE PAST + HAVE + PAST PARTCIPLE

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