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source Entry Example Modal 1 Modal 2sort ascending Modal 3 Gender Race / Ethnicity Age Level of Education Home Community, Town, or State Location Collected Year Relation to Addressee Medium Sentence Structure Status
Cunningham 1274 He must have fa see something. must have fuh (have to) Unknown Black Unknown SC (Unknown) SC (Unknown) 1.0
Cunningham 1273 He must have fuh do əm. must have fuh (=have to) Unknown Black Unknown SC (Unknown) SC (Unknown) 1.0
Scotland 976 “Aha!”, think A, “it’ll no hev cood gar ends meet this bittie back, nih, A’se warran!” will no have could Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Scotland (Argyll) 1925 Written 1.0
Jamaica 1214 mait(a) hafi “may/might must” might hafi (=have to, must) Unknown Black Unknown Unknown Jamaica (Unknown)
England 2048 Swa þatt menn sholldenn muɽhenn sen þurrh Goddspellbokess lare All hu þeɽɽ mihhtenn follɽenn rihht þatt stih. sholldenn hafi (=have to, must) Unknown Unknown England c1200 Written 1.3
Jamaica 1216 kuda hafi “could must” could hafi (=have to, must) Unknown Black Unknown Unknown Jamaica (Unknown)
Jamaica 1217 shuda hafi “should must” should hafi (=have to, must) Unknown Black Unknown Unknown Jamaica (Unknown)
Jamaica 1219 wuda hafi “would must” would hafi (=have to, must) Unknown Black Unknown Unknown Jamaica (Unknown)
Jamaica 1221 wi hafi “will must” will hafi (=have to, must) Unknown Black Unknown Unknown Jamaica (Unknown)
Jamaica 1223 mos(a) hafi “must must” must hafi (=have to, must) Unknown Black Unknown Unknown Jamaica (Unknown)
Boertien 2107 might hadn't ought might hadn't ought Female White 21 College Student TX (Beaumont) TX (Unknown) c1980 Elicited
Boertien 1293 I might had oughta, hadn’t I? might had ought to Female White 21 College Student TX (Beaumont) TX (Unknown) c1980 2.8 Elicited
Boertien 2099 might not had ought might not had ought Female White 21 College Student TX (Beaumont) TX (Unknown) c1980 Elicited
Jamaica 1222 mos(a) fi “must ought to” must fe (=for, ought to) Unknown Black Unknown Unknown Jamaica (Unknown)
Labov 1108 That still might don’t help you. might don't Unknown Black Unknown NY (New York City) NY (New York City) Spoken 1.0 Naturalistic
Montgomery 206 That would account for why I may didn't know it then. may didn't Male White 40 Graduate school (Doctoral degree) FL (Unknown) SC (Unknown) SC State Administrator to unknown Spoken 1.4 Naturalistic
Mishoe 82 There weren't no way to be sure. Could be he may didn't want to come. may didn't Female White 60s Unknown Unknown SC (Myrtle Beach) c1990 female to family Spoken 1.4 Naturalistic
Mishoe 87 That must didn't hurt him cause he's still in the lead. must didn't Male White unknown Unknown Unknown SC/ NC (Unknown) c1990 NBC announcer to audience Spoken 1.3 Naturalistic
Mishoe 83 You might did already do that. I don't know. might did Female White 40s Unknown Unknown SC/ NC (Unknown) c1990 female to family Spoken 1.0 Naturalistic
Mishoe 90 We waited as long as we could, cause we thought he may did want to go with us. may did Female White 40s Unknown Unknown SC/ NC (Unknown) c1990 daughter to mother Spoken 1.3 Naturalistic
Nagle 1142 Ælc cristen man hit sceall cunnan. “Each Christian man shall know it” sceall (=shall) cunnan (=could, ken, know) Male White Unknown Unknown England (Unknown) c1000 Written 1.0
Hern.&S 2020 He might have couldn't have stopped. might have couldn't Unknown Black c17 High school student IL (Chicago) IL (Chicago) 1970s Spoken 1.0 Naturalistic
Mishoe 105 I can live with it. Some people may couldn't, but I can live with it. may couldn't Male White 50s Unknown Unknown SC/ NC (Unknown) c1990 stranger to stranger Spoken 1.1 Naturalistic
LAGS 621 Used to couldn't get it up every morning. used to couldn't Male Black 63 College (2 years) TX (Houston) TX (Houston) 1975 subject to fieldworker Spoken 1.0 Naturalistic
LAGS 622 Used to couldn't. used to couldn't Male Black 74 Some school; illiterate MS (Sherard) MS (Sherard) 1977 subject to fieldworker Spoken unknown Naturalistic
LAGS 623 Used to couldn't slaughter them. used to couldn't Male White 76 8th grade TN (Wear Valley) TN (Wear Valley) 1973 subject to fieldworker Spoken 1.0 Naturalistic
LAGS 624 You used to couldn't buy them. used to couldn't Male White 80 None FL (Bardin) FL (Bardin) 1973 subject to fieldworker Spoken 1.0 Naturalistic
COCA 1029 "You used to couldn't talk to him about history," Napier says. used to couldn't Male White 54 Graduate school (Law degree) SC (Blenheim) Newspaper 2001 interviewee to interviewer Spoken 1.0 Naturalistic
COCA 1030 I used to couldn't eat enough and now I just eat because I feel hungry. used to couldn't Female Unknown unknown Unknown Unknown Television 1997 interviewee to interviewer Spoken 1.8 Naturalistic
DiPaolo 1328 I might just couldn't see it. might couldn't Unknown Unknown unknown Unknown Unknown TX (Austin) unknown Spoken 1.0 Naturalistic
COCA 1032 We have had some success in broadening our economic perspective to- with NAFTA and the GATT agreement and selling more of our products that we used to couldn't sell. used to couldn't Male White 47 Graduate school (Law degree) AR (Hope) Radio 1993 elected official to constituency Spoken 1.6 Naturalistic
Boertien 2122 might couldn't might couldn't Male White 20 College Student TX (San Antonio) TX (Unknown) c1980 Elicited
Boertien 2123 might couldn't might couldn't Male White 20 College Student TX (San Antonio) TX (Unknown) c1980 Elicited
DiPaolo 1332 He might not couldn't refuse. might not couldn't Male White unknown Unknown TX (Unknown) TX (Austin) unknown Spoken 1.0 Naturalistic
LAGS 313 Might couldn't. might couldn't Female White 62 5th grade GA (6 miles from Milledgeville) GA (Milledgeville) 1970 subject to fieldworker Spoken unknown Naturalistic
LAGS 314 I might couldn't. might couldn't Male White 76 10th grade LA (Mount Union) LA (Mount Union) 1975 subject to fieldworker Spoken 1.0 Naturalistic
DiPaolo 1433 So she might have couldn't, SO she might have couldn't drove that truck of yours might have couldn't Female White 11 Elementary School TX (Lamesa) TX (Lamesa) 1980 interviewee to interviewer Spoken 1.0 Elicited
DiPaolo 1423 I was afraid that you might couldn't find it. might couldn't Female White 47 High School TX (Henderson) TX (Henderson,) 1980 interviewee to interviewer Spoken 1.4 Naturalistic
LAGS 615 Used to couldn't buy it. used to couldn't Male White 89 High school GA (Springfield) GA (Springfield) 1969 subject to fieldworker Spoken 1.0 Naturalistic
LAGS 616 But you used to couldn't. used to couldn't Female Black 72 6th-7th grade LA (Sterlington) LA (Sterlington) 1975 subject to fieldworker Spoken 1.0 Naturalistic
LAGS 617 Used to couldn't raise nothing on that soil. used to couldn't Female Black 65 8th grade TN (Covington) TN (Covington) 1977 subject to fieldworker Spoken 1.0 Naturalistic
Boertien 2104 might couldn't might couldn't Female White 21 College Student TX (Beaumont) TX (Unknown) c1980 Elicited
LAGS 618 I used to couldn't stand something like that. used to couldn't Female Black 63 High school TX (San Antonio) TX (San Antonio) 1975 subject to fieldworker Spoken 1.0 Naturalistic
LAGS 619 Used to couldn't. used to couldn't Male White 95 8th grade MS (Pike County) MS (Holmesville) 1978 subject to fieldworker Spoken unknown Naturalistic
LAGS 620 Used to couldn't. used to couldn't Female White 70 3rd grade TX (Fort Worth) TX (Fort Worth) 1977 subject to fieldworker Spoken unknown Naturalistic
Scotland 934 He might could no have done it. might could no Unknown Unknown Unknown Scotland (Hawick) Scotland (Hawick) 1.0
Scotland 942 He should could no have come. should could no Unknown Unknown Unknown Scotland (Hawick) Scotland (Hawick) 1.0
LAGS 536 You might have could have helped. might have could have Male Black 74 Little (Illiterate) MS (Sherard) MS (Sherard) 1977 subject to fieldworker Spoken 1.0 Naturalistic
LAMSAS 1906 might could might could Male White 84 College graduate SC (Mountville) SC (Mountville) 1946 fieldworker to informant Spoken
LAGS 463 He might could. might could Female White 37 High school FL (Oxford) FL (Oxford) 1974 subject to fieldworker Spoken 1.0 Naturalistic
Montgomery 231 They might could have some over there. might could Female Black 30s Unknown Unknown SC (Unknown) unknown Spoken 1.0 Naturalistic
LAMSAS 1677 mought could mought could Male White 75 Very little VA (Chestnut Hill) VA (Chestnut Hill) 1935 fieldworker to informant Spoken
COCA 1054 one of my own sisters-in-law had suggested I might could find something suitable at the Makely store. might could Female Unknown unknown Unknown NC (Unknown) Fictional Novel 2005 omniscient narrator Written 1.4 Naturalistic
Verilogue Corpus 2206 might could Female Graduate Degree (MD) Unknown GA Doctor-Patient Spoken Naturalistic
Feagin 809 We useta could hear ’em when we lived up yonder, but since we moved up there, I haven’t heard ’em. used to could Female White 85 Unknown AL (Unknown) AL (Tuscaloosa) early 1970s Spoken 1.8 Naturalistic
LAGS 327 Might could. might could Female White 84 Unknown Unknown GA (Surrency) subject to fieldworker Spoken unknown Naturalistic
LAMSAS 1771 might could might could Male White 84 Very little NC (Siler City) NC (Siler City) 1937 fieldworker to informant Spoken
LAMSAS 1526 might could might could Male White 77 Until age 15 PA (Newburg) PA (Newburg) 1940 fieldworker to informant Spoken
Scotland 912 I would like to could swim. would could Unknown Unknown Unknown Scotland (Hawick) Scotland (Hawick) 1.0
LAGS 399 I might could do it. might could Female White 68 Unknown Unknown GA (Rhine) subject to fieldworker Spoken 1.0 Naturalistic
LAGS 653 A man used to could raise a family fairly well. used to could Male White 48 High school equivalent and 2 years trade school LA (Ville Platte) LA (Ville Platte) 1974 subject to fieldworker Spoken 1.0 Naturalistic
LAMSAS 1614 might could might could Female White 78 6 months total VA (Lee Mont) VA (Lee Mont) 1936 fieldworker to informant Spoken
England 994 I can’t work as I used to could. used to could Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown England (Nottinghamshire) 1.3
LAMSAS 1868 might could might could Male White 72 Country school SC (Hartsville) SC (Hartsville) 1947 fieldworker to informant Spoken
LAGS 493 I might could. might could Female White 39 12th grade LA (Zachary) LA (Zachary) 1974 subject to fieldworker Spoken 1.0 Naturalistic
Feagin 747 She might could tell you some’in. might could Female White 82 Unknown AL (Unknown) early 1970s acquaintance Spoken 1.0 Naturalistic
LAMSAS 1938 might could might could Male White 54 High school (Some) GA (Stilson) GA (Stilson) 1946 fieldworker to informant Spoken
LAMSAS 1709 mought could mought could Female White 40 Until age 18 NC (Merritt P.O.) NC (Merritt P.O.) 1936 fieldworker to informant Spoken
Scotland 1164 He might could have done it. might could Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Scotland (Unknown) 1.0
LAGS 335 Might could. might could Female White 34 Unknown Unknown FL (Cedar Key) subject to fieldworker Spoken unknown Naturalistic
Verilogue Corpus 2238 might could Female Graduate Degree (MD) Unknown GA Doctor-Patient Spoken Naturalistic
LAMSAS 1803 might could might could Female White 74 Very little NC (Stony Fork P.O.) NC (Stony Fork P.O.) 1936 fieldworker to informant Spoken
LAMSAS 1558 might could might could Female White 60 no information MD (Middletown) MD (Middletown) 1934 fieldworker to informant Spoken
Scotland 944 He shouldnae could no have come. shouldnae could Unknown Unknown Unknown Scotland (Hawick) Scotland (Hawick) 1.0
LAGS 683 I used to could eat a green. used to could Male Black 73 2nd grade; illiterate AL (Butler County) AL (Greenville) 1976 subject to fieldworker Spoken 1.0 Naturalistic
LAGS 431 You might could find one or two. might could Male White 77 10th grade LA (New Era) LA (New Era) 1977 subject to fieldworker Spoken 1.0 Naturalistic
LAMSAS 1645 might could might could Female White 55 College VA (Lynchburg)) VA (Lynchburg) 1935 fieldworker to informant Spoken
DiPaolo 1317 I need a job travelling all over the world.. But uh haircutting, that might be. difficult. Cruise ships, I might could get a job on. might could Female Unknown unknown Unknown Unknown TX (Austin) 1979 woman to group (friends) Spoken 1.0 Naturalistic
LAGS 525 Someone that might could tell him. might could Female White 37 High school TN (Stewart) TN (Stewart) 1973 subject to fieldworker Spoken 1.6 Naturalistic
Feagin 779 There are so many things we might could do. might could Female White 38 Unknown NC (Unknown) AL (Unknown) early 1970s Spoken 1.6 Naturalistic
LAMSAS 1970 might could might could Male White 77 Local schools GA (Elberton) GA (Elberton) 1946 fieldworker to informant Spoken
LAMSAS 1739 might could might could Female White 57 no information NC (Hope Mills) NC (Hope Mills) 1937 fieldworker to informant Spoken
DiPaolo 1410 They might could; I'm not sure. But they might could. My father would could tell you some stories but I'm not sure if he could tell you what you want to know. might could Female White unknown Unknown Unknown TX (Unknown) woman to woman Spoken 1.0 Naturalistic
LAGS 367 Might could. might could Female White 40 Unknown Unknown AR (Arkadelphia) subject to fieldworker Spoken unknown Naturalistic
Verilogue Corpus 2270 might could Male White 70 to... Unknown Unknown KY Patient Spoken Naturalistic
LAMSAS 1588 mought could mought could Female White 52 Until age 18 VA (Western View) VA (Western View) 1936 fieldworker to informant Spoken
LAMSAS 1835 might could might could Male White 83 None SC (Georgetown) SC (Georgetown) 1946 fieldworker to informant Spoken
LAMSAS 1907 might could might could Male White 63 150-200 days in country schools SC (Abbeville) SC (Abbeville) 1941 fieldworker to informant Spoken
LAGS 464 Might could help. might could Female White 20 College (Junior at time of interview) TX (Edinburg) TX (Edinburg) 1976 subject to fieldworker Spoken 1.0 Naturalistic
Elsman 817 Yeah, she might could achieve some of those things ... she could, and she may ... might could Female White 30s College (Graduate) SC (Unknown) SC (Columbia) 2007 co-worker to co-worker Spoken 1.0 Naturalistic
LAMSAS 1678 might could might could Female White 51 Until age 14 VA (Independence) VA (Independence) 1935 fieldworker to informant Spoken
COCA 1055 Might could be. might could Unknown Unknown unknown Unknown Unknown Fictional Story 2004 friend to friend Written 1.0 Naturalistic
Feagin 810 We useta could hear the trains. used to could Female White 85 Unknown AL (Unknown) AL (Tuscaloosa) early 1970s Spoken 1.0 Naturalistic
Reed 1485 I might could touch the net, but... might could Male White 26 College (Graduate) SC (Columbia SC) SC (Columbia) 2010 friend to group Spoken 1.0 Naturalistic
LAGS 328 Might could. might could Male White 21 Unknown Unknown GA (Ocilla) subject to fieldworker Spoken unknown Naturalistic
LAMSAS 1772 might could might could Female White 44 Until age 18 NC (Harpers Crossroads) NC (Harpers Crossroads) 1937 fieldworker to informant Spoken
COCA 1075 " Might could be out' er, " she said. might could Female Unknown unknown Unknown Unknown Fictional Story 1995 woman to man Written 1.0 Naturalistic
LAMSAS 1527 might could might could Male White 36 Until age 16 PA (Mount Hope) PA (Mount Hope) 1939 fieldworker to informant Spoken
Scotland 913 He might could have to go. might could have to Unknown Unknown Unknown Scotland (Hawick) Scotland (Hawick) 1.0
Montgomery 2021 At the time I lookd at it, I thought I may could draw a distinction there. may could Male White 27 Graduate school (Master's degree) MS (Unknown) SC (Columbia) 1991 Student to professor Spoken Naturalistic

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