On Teaching the Subjunctive Use of Modal Auxiliaries.

Fullerton, G. Lee

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On Teaching the Subjunctive Use of Modal Auxiliaries

Fullerton, G. Lee

Unterrichtspraxis, 10, 2, 73-8, Aut 77

The property that determines which present infinitives can occur with subjectively used modals in German is identified. It is suggested that students be told to use modals subjectively with present infinitives only if the corresponding English sentence does not require the main verb to be progressive. (SW)

Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, English, German, Grammar, Language Instruction, Language Usage, Second Language Learning, Sentence Structure, Verbs

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