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!topic  Usage of modal verbs
!reference  ASIS 95-Introduction (5)
!from  John Dawes 97-02-03
!keywords  modal verbs
!discussion  The usage of modal verbs such as 'may', 'can', is laid
down in the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 3, Annex C.