영문법 공부하기 - 가능성의 표현 (Possibilities)

1. 법조동사 (Modals) 

a. Will :  단순 예측, 화자의 의도나 의지가 반영 (높은 가능성에 자주 쓰임) 

  - I hope you will reover soon. 보다는 I hope you recover soon. 이 더 적당함. 

b. Must : 증거에 의한 추측으로 필연성에 가까움 

  - He must be a very rich man. (추측보단 정보에 의한 사실의 가능성) 

c. Should : 의무, 당연, 가능성의 의미로 사용  (당위성에 입각한 추측의 느낌) 

  - I should be at the office after 10:30 (Should 는 추정하는 것, will 은 확신의 느낌) 

d. Would : 제안, 공손, 가능성의 의미로 사용 

  - That would be my friend, Ray. (확신의 would) 

  - We would be very pleased to meet you. (공손) 

  - I would say the expression is definitely wrong. (공손한 제시) 

  - I would have called you but I was so busy. (가정의 뉘앙스) 

e. May, Could, Might : 확신이 서지 않는 추측에 may, might, could(may 보다 약한 가능성). 

  - I honestly couldn't say which is better. (과거형이지만 과거를 나타내지 않음) 

  - Could we do it over the telephone before 11 am? (공손한 제안의 could) 

  - If you had called an hour earlier, we could have talked with each other. (가정의 could) 

  - The neighbors across the street might be good people to ask about it. (to ask about it 에는 물어본다면의 의미가 들어있어 might 가 사용됨) 

  - may/might/could have V-ed 는 과거 사실에 대한 추측 

f. Can : 이론적 가능성을 나타냄 

  - You can find the house very easily. 

  - Maybe you can send me some information about it in a couple of days. 

1) The train leaves at 9, so we'll be in Daejon before lunchtime. 

2) I apologize for becoming sleepy toward the end - it must have been jet lag. 

3) I would delete that since it is somewhat sarcastic. 

4) I would appreciate if you could provide a printer for me. 

5) I'm afraid you might be upset if I tell you. 

2. 기타 가능성을 표현하는 방법 

a. be certain that / be certain to 

  - She is certain to be one of the day's highlights. 

  - I'm certain that I left the key in the car. 

b. be probable that / probably 

  - This is probably more standard and normal. 

  - It seems probable that student retention will also improve. 

c. presumably 

  - Presumably this was done by the Assembly. 

  - He had gone to the front dest, presumably to check vacancies. 

d. It is likely that / be likely to 

  - It is likely that they will hear about it. 

  - It is quite liekly that some students will generate solutions that are new to the teacher. 

  - The price of gas is likely to rise next month. 

e. It is possible that / be possible to 

  - It is possible that students' answers could be tolerable at some situations. 

  - It is possible to do something about it. 

1) It is likely that the price of corn will be high. 

2) Is it possible to enter the game without tickets?

3) In a startup, your initial plans are almost certain to be wrong in some way. 

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