Double modal

Noun

Word Frequency: 0.0

Definitions

1.NounA sequence of two modal verbs, such as "might could", an impossible construction in standard English, but one used in some dialects, especially Southern US English.

Synonyms

modal modal stacking modal auxiliary modal logic modality mode conditional multimodalism conjunctive mode transmodality mixed conditional conditional mood

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