Take light diet lest you____ fall ill. Which modal is required here? Please tell me
2 Answers
Mar 1, 2018
The modal verbs may or can are used to indicate possibility or probability.
Explanation:
Take a light diet lest you may fall ill.
Take a light diet lest you can fall ill.
The sentence is a bit unnatural for everyday English, which makes the choice of may the better choice.
A more relaxed or casual sentence would be:
Eat a light diet in case you fall ill.
Eat a light diet should you fall ill.
Mar 1, 2018
The modal verb required is should.
Explanation:
And this is the only modal which can follow lest.
