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Modest start for enMAV

One screen, one foundation: try to write one "transwiki-ready?" screenful to start with.
One sufficiently rich, flexible and expressive presentation that is friendly to any viewer.

Local policy for contributors?: Should page be only about the general character of enMAV,
and not expend any of its space addressing the individual lexical issues,
insofaras this is possible (viz., past tense modals and the seriously anomalous)?
These could be left for the moods invoked and the relevant Wiktionary denotations (all linked from here).

Ruakh is right to suggest MAV split into MAV (MAV has minimum §1&2 from enMAV) and enMAV. Talk Ruakh, others.
Section 1: Ask Ruakh to do this.
Section 2: Do a 3? row table, as roughly sketched below.
Section 3ff: Further "editable" sections follow loosely after these.

section 2

The initial eleven (and most common) English modals or modal auxiliary verbs are below.

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   will      shall      may         can        strong present tense forms
   would     should     might       could      gradiently weak past forms
   do        must       ought (to)                        anomalous forms
.
. functional description for links above:
  |  3row TABLE: Each MAV pops 6way disambig choice (rev1=2way: enWKTN & enGM) |
  |  11 MAV ids pop inline navig help:   enGM  |  GM    |  GMod   |  enLang    |
  |   then new tab/window      (default) hi-lit enWKTN  |  WKTNs  |  Langs     |
.

The words dare and need were used as modals in the past. They appear less often in contemporary English.
Please look in any good dictionary (or in enWKTN) to look at the standard functions that these verbs perform.

Modal do is often called a dummy modal. It is the most anomalous member of the modal auxiliary verbs,
serving as an auxiliary verb for the purpose of forming interrogatives, pronominals (pro-S) and providing emphasis
whose scope covers the entire sentence. All the other auxiliaries also perform in these last three roles.

onward

4. Section 3: ? Common features/functions/properties presented by English modal auxiliary verbs.
5. Section 4: ? Unknown.  Work on ahead (here), or have 2+? month pause on enMAV
              if there are no conflicts re §1 and §2, etc.

[[category:grammar]] [[category:syntax]] [[category:semantics]] [[category:pragmatics]] [[category:modal logic]]

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-Modest start [[User:Ken_H/enMAV|enMAV]]:
+==== Modest start for [[User:Ken_H/enMAV|enMAV]] ====
-<br/>'''One screen, one foundation''': try for just one ''transwiki-ready?'' screen to start.
+'''One screen, one foundation''': try to write one "transwiki-ready?" screenful to start with.
-<br/>One sufficiently rich, flexible and expressive screen that is friendly to any viewer.
+<br/>One sufficiently rich, flexible and expressive presentation that is friendly to any viewer.
-<br/>"Editable" sections follow loosely from there.
+''Local policy for contributors?'': Should page be only about the general character of enMAV,
-Suggest split MAV into [[MAV]] (2 &para;s from en) and [[enMAV]].  Talk [[Ruakh]], others.
+<br/> &nbsp; and not expend any of its space addressing the individual lexical issues,
+<br/> &nbsp; insofaras this is possible (viz., past tense modals and the seriously anomalous)?
+<br/>These could be left for the moods invoked and the relevant Wiktionary denotations (all linked from here).
+# Ruakh is right to suggest MAV split into [[MAV]] (''MAV has minimum &sect;1&amp;2 from enMAV'') and [[enMAV]].  Talk [[Ruakh]], others.
+# '''Section 1''': Ask [[Ruakh]] to do this.
+# '''Section 2''': Do a 3? row table, as roughly sketched below.
+# '''Section 3ff''': Further "editable" sections follow loosely after these.
+==== section 2 ====
+The initial eleven (and most common) [[English language|English]] modals or modal auxiliary verbs are below.
  .
+    '''[[will]]      [[shall]]      [[may]]         [[can]]'''        ''strong present tense forms''
- &para;1.   Ask [[Ruakh]] to do it.
+    '''[[would]]     [[should]]     [[might]]       [[could]]'''      ''gradiently weak past forms''
+    '''[[do]]        [[must]]       [[ought (to)]]'''                        ''anomalous forms''
- &para;2.   Do 4? row table. end.
-   | TABLE: mavs ea pop embedded structured 6ways (''rev1 is 2way'') |
-   | MAV ids pop (11 navig): [['''enGM''']] | [['''GM''']] | [['''GMod''']]  |
-   |          [['''Lang''']] | [['''srcWKTN''']]s | hi-lit [['''enWKTN''']]  |
-   |                                                             |
- &para;3.   Unknown.
  .
+ . ''functional description for links above:''
+   |  3row TABLE: Each MAV pops 6way disambig choice (''rev1=2way:'' [[enWKTN]] &amp; [[enGM]]) |
+   |  11 MAV ids pop inline navig help:   [[enGM]]  |  [[GM]]    |  [[GMod]]   |  [[enLang]]    |
+   |   ''then new tab/window      (default) hi-lit'' [[enWKTN]]  |  [[WKTN]]s  |  [[Lang]]s     |
+ .
+The words [[dare]] and [[need]] were used as [[modal auxiliary verb|modals]] in the past.  They appear less often in contemporary English.
+<br/>Please look in any good dictionary (or in [[enWKTN]]) to look at the standard functions that these verbs perform.
+Modal [[do]] is often called a [[dummy modal]].  It is the most anomalous member of the modal auxiliary verbs,
+<br/>serving as an auxiliary verb for the purpose of forming interrogatives, pronominals ([[pro-S]]) and providing emphasis
+<br/>whose [[scope]] covers the entire sentence.  All the other auxiliaries also perform in these last three roles.
+==== onward ====
+. Section 3: ? Common features/functions/properties presented by English modal auxiliary verbs.
+. Section 4: ? Unknown.  Work on ahead (here), or have 2+? month pause on [[enMAV]]
+               if there are no conflicts re &sect;1 and &sect;2, etc.
+<nowiki>[[category:grammar]] [[category:syntax]] [[category:semantics]] [[category:pragmatics]] [[category:modal logic]]</nowiki>
-xxx   end on [[enMAV]] if can temporarily consolidate with everyone to &para;1 and &para;2.
-[[category:grammar]] [[category:syntax]] [[category:semantics]] [[category:pragmatics]] [[category:modal logic]]