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The meanings conveyed by modal
auxiliaries have to do with the following
concepts: ability, permission, necessity,
obligation. Choose the option in which
the modal verb used conveys permission:
She may come tomorrow.
She must come tomorrow
May I come tomorrow?
She might come tomorrow.
She can come tomorrow.
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Compare the following sentences:
i -  I rarely go out.
ii -  Rarely do I go out.
Regarding their meanings, it is correct to
affirm that:
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They have similar meanings.
They differ in terms of focus,
since in i) the adverbial is given
prominence.
They differ in terms of focus,
since in ii) the adverbial is given
prominence.
They differ in terms of focus,
since in i) the action is given
prominence.
i shows a clear case of
inversion.
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One case of inversion in English is
formed by a group of formulaic clauses
with subjunctive verb forms, formed by
the combination of the inflectionless
subjunctive and inversion, as we see in
the following:
If you want to throw your life
away, so be it, it is your life!
I would be more helpful, were it
not for your attitude.
May it be pointed out that the
teacher is wrong.
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May the force be with you.
Get (you) off the table!
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Full verbs are lexical items whose main
function is to carry meaning. Which
option contains an example of the word
have as a full verb?
She has a sweet tooth.
She has been to London.
She has to exercise every day.
Has she done it yet?
She¿s finished
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Verbs in general have one important
characteristic:
they can be full verbs only.
they cannot be auxiliary verbs.
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they can be auxiliary verbs only.
there is only a handful of main
verbs that can never act as
auxiliary verbs.
they can be main verbs or
auxiliary verbs.
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In formal writing we find conditional
clauses marked by inversion, as in:
I would be more helpful, If it
were not for your attitude.
If it were not for your attitude, I
would be more helpful.
I would be more helpful, were it
not for your attitude.
If your attitude was nice, I would
be more helpful.
I would love it if you were nice.
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Sentences in English have interesting
characteristics. In terms of word order
patterns, it is correct to affirm that:
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negative sentences follow the
prototypical canonical VS Word
order.
interrogative sentences follow
the prototypical canonical SV
Word order.
negative sentences do not
follow the prototypical canonical
SV Word order.
affirmative sentences do not
follow the prototypical canonical
SV Word order.
interrogative sentences do not
follow the prototypical canonical
SV word order.
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Analyze the questions below so as to
identify their main functions
i- Are you coming tomorrow?
ii- Which do you prefer: coffee or tea?
in i) we want to invite the
addressee to indicate whether a
proposition is true or not.
in i) we want to invite the
addressee to select among
alternatives presented.
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we use ii) when we ask about
missing information.
in i) and ii) the addressee is
unknown.
we use i) and ii) to make random
elicitation.
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English Negative Interrogatives have a
complex communicative effect, they:
prompt a negative expectation
that has been assumed to exist.
challenge a negative
expectation that has been
assumed to exist.
don´t indicate the speaker´s
inclination towards a positive
answer.
don´t challenge a negative
expectation that has been
assumed to exist.
confirm prior expectations.
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One case of inversion in English is
formed by a group of clauses with
opening auxiliary MAY used in a similar
way to express a strong wish, as we see
in the following:
May I go home?
May I help you?
May it eat now?
May it be said that we agree!
May I jump in?