Silver cobra Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
Modal verb
The plane from London is to arrive in 2 hours
Are there any modal verbs?cause i dont see any
Top answer
silver cobra Are there any modal verbs? No, but is to is regarded as a semi-modal idiom in many grammar textbooks. It has only five forms: am to, is to, are to, was to, and were to .
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silver cobraAre there any modal verbs?
No, but is to is regarded as a semi-modal idiom in many grammar textbooks.
It has only five forms: am to, is to, are to, was to, and were to.
In your example sentence the meaning is like the following:
The plane from London is supposed to arrive in two hours.
The p
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