INTRODUCTION

MY NAME IS ALEXANDER HOOD

I AM FROM SCOTLAND

SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE WAS ALSO FROM

SCOTLAND

DOYLE IS FAMOUS FOR WRITING SHERLOCK

HOLMES

SHERLOCK HOLMES IS KNOWN FOR MODALS OF

DEDUCTION

MODALS: OF OR DENOTING THE MOOD

OF A VERB

DEDUCTION: THE INFERENCE OF PARTICULAR

INSTANCES BY REFERENCE TO A GENERAL LAW OR PRINCIPAL

“THE DETECTIVE MUST UNCOVER THE MURDER BY DEDUCTION OF

FACTS”

BY THE END OF THIS MODULE WE WILL UNDERSTAND MODALS OF

DEDUCTION

“IT´S ELEMENTARY, MY DEAR WATSON”