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3 Modalization is used by the writers when they are trying to indicate to
the reader to what extent they align themselves with the evidence they are reporting in their opinion since one of the purposes of the political
text is to persuade the reader. It’s also due to the thing that being talked about is the one that has not happened yet or future events,
besides the things in political field is unpredictable.
5.2 Suggestions
With references to the conclusions, suggestions are staged as follows: 1.
It is suggested that the opinion column writers or journalist to apply the strategy of modality in their text to convey their point of
view so they can persuade the reader about their point of view and make the reader accept the idea.
2. It is suggested that the students of English department to have a
good comprehension in modality’s theory. Therefore, they are able to see and comprehend the message in any text from the
perspective of functional grammar and more clearly understand the text.
3. Students or other researcher are suggested to do further research in
modality theory on other type of text. It is suggested because different text will have different use of modalization and also to
enable us to see the contrast or the comparison or the similarities of the using modality among the texts.
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