Task 4

The most important syntactic developments which distinguish the modal auxiliaries from other verbs are the following:

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(x) They lost their non-finite forms and their ability to take non-verbal objects.

(x) The preterite forms came to be used in present, future or timeless contexts.

(x) They did not develop the to-link with an infinitive (in the Southern standard).

(x) They became more and more uncommon in contexts where they were not followed by an infinitive.

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