Catenative versus modal verbs
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■THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CATENATIVES AND MODALS Confusions arise between catenatives and modals because both can introduce a chain of verb form,esp when followed by base forms or to-infinitive Modals are different from catenatives in that modals lack the semantic content that catenatives have.The modals are used to help other head/main verbs to form moods modifying the meaning of the head/main verbs and have no meaning in themselves and the head/main verbs are changed into non-finite form (to-infinitive or a base form).Different from the modals,the catenatives are the head/main verb of the chain and has their own meaning. ○ Visitors SHOULD INFORM the receptionist of their arrival . (Here the main/head verb is a base form INFORM while SHOULD is a modal.) ○These HELP REDUCE the pain. (Here the main/head verb HELP is a catenative verb while the base form REDUCE acts as a complement of the verb HELP.) Some modals have particles inserted in-between the modals a