FOCUS : THE GRAMMAR OF PREDICTIONS - MODALS AND THE ART OF GOSSIP [GOOGLE IT]
MOST OF US KNOW ABOUT THE WEATHER PRESENTERS AND THE PREDICTIONS THEY ANNOUNCE ABOUT WHAT THE WEATHER MIGHT BE TOMORROW OR NEXT WEEK. DON'T WE? AS TEENAGERS YOU PROBABLY DON'T WATCH TV SO EVERY DAY IS A SURPRISE FOR YOU :-)
PREDICTIONS ISTHE PLACE WHERE LANGUAGE [OF ANY SORT] MEETS MATHS [US = MATH, EVEN THOUGH MATHEMATICS IS PLURAL] SO
CHANCE / PROBABLY / DEFINITELY / MAYBE / COULD BE / MIGHT BE / LIKELY TO / UNLIKELY TO / WILL / SHOULD - ARE JUST SOME OF THE WORDS WE USE TO FORECAST THE FUTURE.
IN MATH IT IS SIMPLER AND IT IS CALLED PROBABILITY
1 = TOTALLY GOING TO AND 0 = TOTALLY NOT GOING TO
AND THE BITS IN BETWEEN ARE REPRESENTED LIKE 0.25 0.50 0.75 TO GIVE AN IDEA OF HOW MORE LIKELY SOMETHING WILL HAPPEN [OR YOU CAN USE PERCENTAGES 20% 40% 60% 80% AND SO FORTH]
SO LET'S FIND OUT MORE
