Modal verb counter
Find modal verbs and phrases, including negative contractions. The category counts are based on word lists; their actual meaning depends on context.
- Total occurrences
- 0
- Potential epistemic uses
- 0
- Potential deontic uses
- 0
None
Possibility, probability or certainty.
Obligation, permission or necessity.
Shared words appear in both category counts. Each occurrence is counted once in the total. "I'd" is treated as "would".