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== difference between auxiliary verb and modal verb == | == difference between auxiliary verb and modal verb == | ||
* auxiliary verbs = "helper verbs" | |||
** i.e., they assist or "help" another verb in order to indicate that verb's tense, voice or mood | |||
*** I am going tomorrow | |||
**** "am" = auxiliary verb to indicate present continuous tense of "to go" (going) | |||
*** Joanna had thought about it | |||
**** "had" = auxiliary verb to indicate past perfect tense of "to think" (thought) | |||
* modal verbs = indicate "modality", or possibility, ability, permission, duty, correctness or obligation | |||
** I can go tomorrow | |||
*** "can" = modal verb to indicate possibility of the infinitive "to go" (go) | |||
** Joanna should think about it | |||
*** "should" = modal verb to indicate correctness of the infinitive verb "to think" (think) | |||
*note that | |||
**auxiliary verbs change according to inflection (conjugation) | |||
***''I am going'' | |||
***''you are going'' | |||
**modal verbs do not change according to inflection (conjugation) | |||
***''I should go'' | |||
***''You should go'' | |||
* see: https://pediaa.com/difference-between-modal-and-auxiliary-verbs | * see: https://pediaa.com/difference-between-modal-and-auxiliary-verbs | ||