may, might, can, could. It can be seen from the following sentence in a medical context: We must make the hard choices to reduce the cost of health care and the
size of our deficit
.
5.2 Suggestions
In relation to the conclusions above, the suggestions are stated as the following.
1 It is advisable that the teachers or lecturers should develop the whole
categories or types of modality to their students and introduce the the advantage of comprehending the value of modality in speech.
2 It is advisable that the audience or readers should learn English for specific
purpose so they know some language varieties and find specific terms. 3
It is advisable that the audience or readers who are interested in English should learn and analyze the use of modality in Barack Obama’s speech.
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