Modal Auxiliaries and Futurity


Date Submitted:	15-Nov-2009
From:	Andre Parsons
Subject:	Modal Auxiliaries and Futurity
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Institution/Organization:	Hokkaido University of Education - Hakodate Campus

Notice:	Hello everyone, I am currently writing a research paper on modal auxiliaries and futurity, with a focus on the following: will, should, must and ought to. I am especially interested in the sentences of the following nature: By March, you should read five books. By March, you should have read five books. I intend to conduct an acceptability judgment survey in order to determine a) how appropriate these sentences are b) how grammatical these sentences are I have found several sources (books) to help me with my research, but have been unable to find any articles related to this topic so far. If anyone knows where I may be able to find such articles, I would greatly appreciate it. Cheers, Andre