[austechwriter] Re: Must, will, etc. - modals

  • From: "Steve Hudson" <cruddy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 12:34:34 +1000

Totally agree re the use of must, but that's still an imperative, just an
emphatic one :-)

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-----Original Message-----
From: Peter G. Martin
Sent: Wednesday, 16 July 2003 11:26 AM
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [austechwriter] Re: Must, will, etc. - modals


And I don't see that using a present tense imperative mode works=
 in all cases
where there is a need for an absolute or strongly emphasised=
 requirement for a
procedure to be carried out.

For example, in safety issues:

Turn off the gas.

doesn't quite work the same way as

You must turn off the gas.

And

You shall turn off the gas


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