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[Modal Auxiliaries #3]
Fill in the gaps with the modal auxiliary that is most commonly used in similar contexts in the corpus. Use lower case letters only.

may or might:
(1) God have mercy on your soul.
(2) The police just be interested in talking with him.
(3) So, I have the pleasure of your company?

can or could:
(4) I wish you have been with me in Reno last year.
(5) You contact me if you want to ask a question about this.
(6) I come, too, Ben?

shall or should:
(7) If you do not agree to this, we suggest that you not use this web site.
(8) I never be able to forgive them for that.
(9) As we see in the next chapter, each field in a table is assigned a data type.

must or have to:
(10) The spaghetti be cooked by now.
(11) I'm sure that what you say should interest people.
(12) Why you eat everything?


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