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The table below provides you with a list of modals that are used to express necessity and permission.

Necessity I obligation Permission

Positive

must                            obeying

have to                        authority

need to

ought to                      right thing

should                         to do

Positive

can (less formal)

may (more formal)

 

 

 

Negative

must not

cannot

ought not to

Negative

need not

do not have to

 

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