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Modality represents an impartial judgment of a situation.
There are several tests for modality in LSMTI.
1) Does the concept fit into one of these two sentences?
It's E that he left.
It's D that he leave.
2) The concept should not be a description of a mental state or of a measurable, objective attribute. It probably won't be a passive participle.
3) If either of these two statements is automatically implied by the concept, then it's not modal.
I approve/disapprove of what happened.
I hope that the event will/will not happen.
I think that appropriateness passes these tests.
stevo