The use of double or stacked modals (or, rarely, triple modals), a phenomenon found in some dialects of English, especially Southern US English.

plural of double modal

(grammar) A sequence of two modal verbs, such as "might could", an impossible construction in standard English, but one used in some dialects, especially Southern US English.

(rare, grammar) A double modal (or, rarely, any string of multiple modals, e.g. a triple modal).

(grammar) The essive-modal case. In the Hungarian language this case can express the state, capacity, task in which somebody is or which somebody has (essive case, e.g. "as a reward", "for example"), or the manner in which the action is carried out, or the language which somebody knows (modal case, e.g. "unexpectedly", "speak English").

(grammar) An adverb that qualifies a predicate with respect to way in which it is true.

plural of stacked modal

plural of modal logic

plural of modal adverb

plural of modal scale