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HistoryOfEnglish » FocusAndContent » IdentifyingCentralProblems » Syntax » Modals » ModalsTask2


Task 2:


a) Consider the next example:

"… he follow'd Horace so very close, that of necessity he must fall with him…" (Dryden Poems: Essay on Satire 2.661)

What tense is indicated by "must"?
(solution)

b) How would the same meaning be expressed in contemporary English?
…he must fall with him…
…he had to fall with him…
…he could fall with him…


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