Food for thought [EGAD]

Food for thought

Quiz

Food for thought. Read the following quotes and describe the meaning expressed by the modal expressions in bold. Is the modal meaning in each case epistemic or non-epistemic? Does it express necessity or possibility? If the sentence expresses non-epistemic possibility, specify whether the meaning expressed is permission, ability or mere possibility.

1. We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated. (Maya Angelou)

Expected answer

epistemic necessity
epistemic possibility
non-epistemic necessity
non-epistemic possibility > permission
non-epistemic possibility > ability
non-epistemic possibility > mere possibility

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2. We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated. (Maya Angelou)

Expected answer

epistemic necessity
epistemic possibility
non-epistemic necessity
non-epistemic possibility > permission
non-epistemic possibility > ability
non-epistemic possibility > mere possibility

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3. If you could say it in words, there would be no reason to paint. (Edward Hopper)

Expected answer

epistemic necessity
epistemic possibility
non-epistemic necessity
non-epistemic possibility > permission
non-epistemic possibility > ability
non-epistemic possibility > mere possibility

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4. I would like to be remembered as someone who did the best she could with the talent she had. (J.K. Rowling)

Expected answer

epistemic necessity
epistemic possibility
non-epistemic necessity
non-epistemic possibility > permission
non-epistemic possibility > ability
non-epistemic possibility > mere possibility

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5. You must accept that you might fail; then, if you do your best and still don't win, at least you can be satisfied that you've tried. If you don't accept failure as a possibility, you don't set high goals, you don't branch out, you don't try, you don't take the risk. (Rosalynn Carter)

Expected answer

epistemic necessity
epistemic possibility
non-epistemic necessity
non-epistemic possibility > permission
non-epistemic possibility > ability
non-epistemic possibility > mere possibility

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6. You must accept that you might fail; then, if you do your best and still don't win, at least you can be satisfied that you've tried. If you don't accept failure as a possibility, you don't set high goals, you don't branch out, you don't try, you don't take the risk. (Rosalynn Carter)

Expected answer

epistemic necessity
epistemic possibility
non-epistemic necessity
non-epistemic possibility > permission
non-epistemic possibility > ability
non-epistemic possibility > mere possibility

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7. You must accept that you might fail; then, if you do your best and still don't win, at least you can be satisfied that you've tried. If you don't accept failure as a possibility, you don't set high goals, you don't branch out, you don't try, you don't take the risk. (Rosalynn Carter)

Expected answer

epistemic necessity
epistemic possibility
non-epistemic necessity
non-epistemic possibility > permission
non-epistemic possibility > ability
non-epistemic possibility > mere possibility

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8. You need to talk to people and you need to hear what it is they have to say. (Enda Kenny)

Expected answer

epistemic necessity
epistemic possibility
non-epistemic necessity
non-epistemic possibility > permission
non-epistemic possibility > ability
non-epistemic possibility > mere possibility

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9. You need to talk to people and you need to hear what it is they have to say. (Enda Kenny)

Expected answer

epistemic necessity
epistemic possibility
non-epistemic necessity
non-epistemic possibility > permission
non-epistemic possibility > ability
non-epistemic possibility > mere possibility

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10. I don't say we ought to misbehave, but we ought to look as if we could. (Orson Welles)

Expected answer

epistemic necessity
epistemic possibility
non-epistemic necessity
non-epistemic possibility > permission
non-epistemic possibility > ability
non-epistemic possibility > mere possibility

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11. I don't say we ought to misbehave, but we ought to look as if we could. (Orson Welles)

Expected answer

epistemic necessity
epistemic possibility
non-epistemic necessity
non-epistemic possibility > permission
non-epistemic possibility > ability
non-epistemic possibility > mere possibility

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12. I don't say we ought to misbehave, but we ought to look as if we could. (Orson Welles)

Expected answer

epistemic necessity
epistemic possibility
non-epistemic necessity
non-epistemic possibility > permission
non-epistemic possibility > ability
non-epistemic possibility > mere possibility

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13. Assassinate me you may, intimidate me you cannot. (John Philpot Curran)

Expected answer

epistemic necessity
epistemic possibility
non-epistemic necessity
This is an example of a concessive reading.
non-epistemic possibility > permission
non-epistemic possibility > ability
non-epistemic possibility > mere possibility

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14. Assassinate me you may, intimidate me you cannot. (John Philpot Curran)

Expected answer

epistemic necessity
epistemic possibility
non-epistemic necessity
non-epistemic possibility > permission
non-epistemic possibility > ability
non-epistemic possibility > mere possibility

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15. Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted, the indifference of those who should have known better, the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most, that has made it possible for evil to triumph (Haile Selassie)

Expected answer

epistemic necessity
epistemic possibility
non-epistemic necessity
non-epistemic possibility > permission
non-epistemic possibility > ability
non-epistemic possibility > mere possibility

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16. Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted, the indifference of those who should have known better, the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most, that has made it possible for evil to triumph (Haile Selassie)

Expected answer

epistemic necessity
epistemic possibility
non-epistemic necessity
non-epistemic possibility > permission
non-epistemic possibility > ability
non-epistemic possibility > mere possibility

Correction Restart

Introduction
Question formation
Constituents
Identifying forms and functions.
Identifying functions.
Identify Forms
Complementation
Interrogative clauses
Interrogative clauses - question tags
Lexical verbs and auxiliary verbs
Passive
Review
Auxiliary verbs
Ellipsis
Phrasal verbs
Identifying future time reference
Identifying modal meanings
Identifying past time reference with modals
Identifying situation types
Negation with modal verbs
Perfect tenses
Present tense
Tense and aspect overview
The function of progressive aspect
Time reference of modal verbs
Using modals
Using necessity modals
Using possibility modals
Using tenses
Will and shall

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