expressing hopes and wishes 5.208
expressing an opinion 5.219
me 1.104
measurements 2.211, 2.250–2.257, 2.264–2.271
metric measurements 2.251
after linking verbs 2.252
adjectives after measurements 2.253
approximate amounts and measurements 2.264
might
indicating present possibility 5.124
might not for negative possibility 5.125, 5.138
indicating future possibility 5.132
might have for possibility in the past 5.136
might have for uncertainty 5.137
making requests 5.164
making polite suggestions 5.184
might as well for suggesting 5.185
expressing approval 5.219
million 2.221–2.222
millions used for emphasis 2.224
mine 1.107–1.108
modals 5.92–5.255
uses 5.94–5.98, 5.107–5.220
special features 5.99, 5.106
no inflections 5.101
negatives 5.102
questions 5.103
question tags 5.104
contractions 5.105–5.106
referring to time 5.107
for talking about the future 5.128–5.132
expressions used instead of modals 5.221–5.245
modifiers 1.8, 1.45, 2.2–2.174
in noun phrases starting with the 1.176
in noun phrases starting with a/an 1.231
mood
more
as determiner 1.224–1.225, 1.246
and more than 2.108
as comparative quantity expression with of 2.189
in comparative structures 6.52, R21, R26
most
as determiner 1.224–1.225, 1.241
as submodifying adverb 2.113
in superlative structures 6.52, R21, R26
much
as determiner 1.225, 1.244
after too 2.153
with how in wh- questions 5.32
much and very much as adverbs of degree 6.52
must
expressing belief 5.123
indicating certainty about the future 5.130
must not for talking about undesirable actions 5.150–5.151
inviting persuasively 5.178–5.179
making persuasive suggestions 5.183
expressing intentions 5.192–5.193
indicating importance 5.210, 5.215
my 1.194–2.206
myself 1.111–1.118–3.31
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names
necessity 5.211–5.212
need 5.246–5.251
used with another main verb 3.191, 3.198, 3.212
with an -ed participle 3.212
need to used instead of must 5.243
as semi-modal 5.246–5.251
needn’t 5.247
negative possibility 5.125, 5.138
negative statements 5.47–5.91
•broad negatives 5.80–5.86
•neither 5.75–5.79
•never 5.64–5.68
•no 5.69–5.70
•no one 5.73–5.74
•none 5.72
•nor 5.75–5.79
•not 5.52–5.63
•nothing 5.73–5.74
•nowhere 5.73–5.74
list of negative words 5.47
using any as a determiner 5.49
position in verb phrase 5.53
adding do 5.54
position with -ing forms and to-infinitives 5.57
contractions of not 5.59–5.60
emphasis in 5.67, 5.88–5.91
words beginning with no- 5.73
with modals 5.102
neither 5.75–5.79
as determiner 1.224
with nor to express alternatives 5.75–5.79
in replies 5.76–5.77
position in clause 5.77
with singular nouns 5.78
as quantity expression with of 5.79
neither … nor linking adjectives or adverbs 8.187–8.188
never 5.64
as negative adverb 4.114
position in verb phrase 5.64
used with do as auxiliary for emphasis 5.67
in imperatives 5.68
next
showing position in a sequence 2.232, 2.237
with time reference to express future 4.63
used for referring forward 10.44
no 5.69–5.70
structures used with no- 1.141
with comparative adjectives 2.163
no longer 4.83
as determiner 5.69–5.70, 1.224–1.225
using n’t with any instead of no 5.70
with comparative adverbs 6.35
nobody 1.128–1.141, 5.73–5.74
nominal relative clauses 8.112–8.116
nominal that-clauses 8.117–8.118
for commenting on a fact or idea 8.122–8.125
non-defining non-finite clauses 8.88, 8.129–8.145
non-defining relative clauses 8.104, 8.85–8.86, 8.132–8.143
relative pronouns in non-defining clauses 8.92
for commenting on a fact 8.110
for commenting on a time or situation 8.111
none 5.71
as negative pronoun 5.71
none of 5.72
non-finite clauses 8.129, 8.162–8.163
with -ed participle 8.138, 8.142–8.143
non-finite verbs R124
no one 1.128–1.141, 5.73–5.74
nor 5.75–5.79
with neither to express alternatives 5.75–5.79
linking negative clauses 5.77, 8.156
with neither for emphasis 8.198
not 5.52
position in verb phrase 5.53, 5.57–5.58
with have and have got 5.54, 5.56
with do as auxiliary 5.55
shortened to n’t 5.59–5.60, 5.102
with very and other submodifying adverbs 5.62
used for contrast 5.63, 8.199
linking noun phrases 8.172
after if 10.25
with reporting verbs 10.26
nothing 1.128–1.141, 5.73–5.74
noun modifiers 2.169–2.174
singular and plural forms 2.170
using more than one noun modifier 2.171
used with adjectives 2.172