The Outstater
‘Nobody Is Coming to Help’ I’VE BEEN FIGHTING modal verbs for some time now. A modal verb, as only you grammar nerds know, is an auxiliary verb used to express ability, permission or necessity, e.g., someone “must,” “should,” “ought” do something. In today’s political context, modal verbs are a “tell,” that is, they signal that the user is in the habit … Read more