Characteristics Of English Modal Verbs
Marta Kukucz · 2009
This diploma thesis works with the system of English verbs. However, it focuses mainly on modal verbs and their features. The first chapter theoretically presents the classification of English verbs. It is based mainly on two grammar books which are: A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language (1985) by R. Quirk et al. and The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language (2002) by Huddleston et al. In the second chapter is some information concerning the BNC. The third chapter looks closer at the occurrence of particular verb forms with verbs belonging to different verb groups. The results are summed up in the table. (see Table 51)