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<p> In <a href="page.php?w=linguistics">linguistics</a> and <a href="page.php?w=philosophy">philosophy</a>, <b>modality</b> refers to the ways language can express various relationships to reality or truth. For instance, a modal expression may convey that something is likely, desirable, or permissible. Quintessential modal expressions include <a href="page.php?w=modal_verb">modal auxiliaries</a> such as "could", "should", or "must"; <a href="page.php?w=Modal_adverbs">modal adverbs</a> such as "possibly" or "necessarily"; and <a href="page.php?w=Modal_adjective">modal adjectives</a></p><p>
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