Grammar: Groups & phrases: Verb group: Adjusting interactions: modality
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Expressing 'usuality' | |
What is usuality?: Form and function
The following table illustrates how usuality can be expressed by a range of grammatical forms:
| Function | Form |
expressing usuality |
adverb (Mr Wing is often late in the summer.) |
| adverb group (Mr Wing hardly ever arrives early.) | |
| modal auxiliary (Kitty will wait patiently for the bus every morning.) | |
| noun group (Kitty will wait patiently for the bus every morning.) | |
| adjective (It is usual for Mr Wing to be a bit late. ) | |
| prepositional phrase (From time to time, Mr Wing is early.) |
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