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> ... can, could, shall, should, will, would, may, might, must. I wonder what the reason for removing these are. They are basically evidentiality and epistemic
by jdmichal 11y ago
> ... can, could, shall, should, will, would, may, might, must.
I wonder what the reason for removing these are. They are basically evidentiality and epistemic markers [0], and don't really mean anything in and of themselves. Then again, perhaps that was the point?
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evidentiality#Evidentiality_and_epistemic_modality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evidentiality#Evidentiality_an...