# Dynamic modality

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'''Dynamic modality''' is a [linguistic modality](/source/linguistic_modality) that is the ability or requirement of the subject to do something.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://dinamico2.unibg.it/anglistica/slin/modgloss.htm|title=A BRIEF GLOSSARY OF MODALITY|website=dinamico2.unibg.it|access-date=2018-06-27}}</ref> Dynamic modality is non-[subjective](/source/Subjectivity) in contrast to the similar [deontic modality](/source/deontic_modality).<ref name=":0" /> In English, dynamic modality is expressed with "[can](/source/English_modal_verbs)" or "[will](/source/Shall_and_will)."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.skase.sk/Volumes/JTL09/pdf_doc/4.pdf|title=Dynamic Modality|last=Gisborne|first=Nikolas|date=|website=Skase|access-date=}}</ref>

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Category:Linguistic modality
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