Modal or modal verb
Modal verbs are also auxiliary verbs. They are placed in front of all other auxiliary verbs or are used to express ideas or qualities. More on modal verbs .
Modal verb followed by auxiliary verb:
Examples:
- He will be sentenced for murder.
- You should have come earlier.
- The supervisor told me what I must do on my first day.
Modal verb used to express possibility, permission, etc:
Examples:
- We could bake a birthday cake for her. (Possibility)
- You may join us on a day trip to the seaside. (Permission)
- I might have caught your cough. (Speculation)
Nominal adjective
There are adjectives that are used as nouns; for example, the word rich is an adjective but when it is used as a noun, it refers to a group of people who share an identical physical or non-physical quality. Such an adjective used as a noun in a sentence is called a nominal adjective. Besides people, it also refers to things. Nominal adjectives follow the determiner (usually the definite article) the and take the place of the subject or the object of a sentence or clause.
Examples of nominal adjectives:
Examples:
- I think this one is by far the better of the two.
- The customers of the store that deals in luxurious cars are the rich .
- The Japanese in the city usually go to that restaurant specializing in Japanese cuisine.
- I’m not rude to you. If anything, the reverse is true.
- Only three colors left; I’ll take the blue .
- There were two of them behind the counter. One was on the phone, so I asked the other .