MODAL AUXILIARY VERBS FOUNDINCOVID-19 ARTICLES

Abstract

The two groups of auxiliary verbs—also known as assisting verbs—are main auxiliary verbs and modal auxiliary verbs. Knowing the modal auxiliary verbs used in COVID-19 articles is the goal of this study. The current writers employ a descriptive analysis as their research methodology, describing each piece of information pertinent to their roles in each clause. The outcome demonstrates that modal auxiliary verbs are followed by the highest frequency. The most often used verb, may, is found in 206 articles, accounting for 1,763 of the 6,762 concordance hits. It is followed in frequency by the verbs can (1,623 hits), should (1,133 hits), could (811 dots), will (569 hits), may (400 hits), would (274 hits), must (183 hits), and will (6 hits). The structure of each modal auxiliary verb identified in the COVID-19 articles has also been disclosed by this investigation. The modal auxiliary verb may has the highest frequency, according to the data analysis.