On utilise ces verbes
pour décrire des conclusions ou suppositions.
verbes
Exemples
must
You must be insane to jump off a moving train.
should / ought to
He should be here in five minutes. / She ought to have bought the cabbage.
can
This can only be Pete driving like a maniac in our backyard.
could
They could be still at work or they could be in the bar next door.
may
She may have left already, but I can't tell for sure.
might
This might be the wrong way we are going.
will
It is seven o'clock, he will be arriving at New York just now.
Avec l' indicatif , on présente les faits comme
quelque chose de plutôt probable. Si on utilise
le subjonctif on les présente comme quelque chose
de plutôt improbable. Avec des compléments
circonstanciels comme maybe, possibly,
it's likely, it is certain, I'm sure, if I'am right
on peut aussi décrire des conclusions ou suppositions.
verbes
Exemples
to assume
I assume they are at the theatre.
to presume
He presumed that she was at the hairdresser's
to guess
She guessed we were at the bar next door.
maybe
Maybe he went to the shop to get some milk.
possibly
They possibly got lost on the way to here.
if I'm right
She didn't go to school, if I'm right (if my feeling is right etc.)
if I'm not mistaken
If I am not mistaken, I would say that he has broken a leg.
