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L O W L A N D S - L - 11 November 2012 - Volume 01<br><a href="mailto:lowlands.list@gmail.com" target="_blank">lowlands.list@gmail.com</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font><font> </font></font></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font>From: </font><font><span><span name="Sandy Fleming"></span></span></font><font><span><span name="Sandy Fleming"><span class="gI"><span name="heatherrendall@tiscali.co.uk" class="gD"><a href="mailto:heatherrendall@tiscali.co.uk">heatherrendall@tiscali.co.uk</a></span> <span class="go"><a href="mailto:heatherrendall@tiscali.co.uk">heatherrendall@tiscali.co.uk</a></span></span></span><span><a href="mailto:sandy@scotstext.org" target="_blank"></a></span></span></font><span><span name="Michael McCartin"><span><span name="M.-L. Lessing"><span><span name="Douglas Hinton"><span><span name="M.-L. Lessing"><span><span name="Douglas Hinton"><span><span name="M.-L. Lessing"><span><span></span></span></span><span></span></span></span><span></span></span></span><span></span></span></span><span></span></span></span><span></span></span></span><span></span></span><font><br>
Subject: </font><span></span><span><span></span></span><span><span><span></span></span></span><span><span><span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span class="gI">LL-L "Grammar" 2012.11.10 (01) [EN-SCO]<br>
<br></span></span></span></span>from Heather Rendall <a href="mailto:heatherrendall@tiscali.co.uk">heatherrendall@tiscali.co.uk</a><br><br>
Sandy wrote</span>
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<div class="im"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">"constructions with modals in the first slot and "have to" in the<br>
second (might have to, would have to) definitely do NOT feel like<br>
double modals..."<br><br></span>
</div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">... would have to is surely just a future conditional of "to have to<br>
/ must" where 'would' is an auxiliary and not a modal. Future Perfect<br>
Conditional would be " .. would have had to "<br><br>
And "..might have to" - isn't this using 'might' non-modally as a</span>
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(possible) subjunctive form of possibility of 'have to / must'<br><br>
best wishes after a long absence following a harrowing year which</span>
<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br>
cannot come to a close quick enough<br><br>
Heather</span>
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Worcester UK<span><font color="#888888"><a href="http://scotstext.org/" target="_blank"></a></font></span></span><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt">
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