Gayle King

I consider myself lucky that Sheila Johnson, the cofounder of Black Entertainment Television, didn't choose to rest on her very impressive business laurels. Her luscious 100 percent modal scarves, printed with photos she takes all over the world, are gorgeous. Wearing one is like being wrapped in a hug.

American Entertainer

Nile Rodgers

Trust me, the only real way to understand 'Chic' is in highfalutin terms. Our chord progressions were based on European modal melodies. I made those early 'Chic' records to impress my jazz friends.

American Musician

In English, modals alter the tone, showing degrees of politeness, certainty, or suggestions.

Expression Emphasis

Some cultures perceive modal verbs as less direct and therefore more polite.

Cultural Understanding

Modals refer to possible or necessary events, not actions that are definitely happening.

Not Actual Actions

Modal verbs often convey the speaker's attitude toward the action or event.

Subjectivity

In music, 'modal' can evoke different feelings compared to traditional scales.

Musical Emotion

In statistics, 'modal' identifies the most common occurrence, crucial for data trends.

Commonality Context

Philosophically, 'modal' suggests various potential forms or states of being.

Potential Variance

In transport, 'modal' emphasizes the impact of selecting different ways to travel.

Choice Impact

In computing, a 'modal' feature demands attention, pausing other interactions.

Focus Required

 decided this wasn't good enough and they wanted to get it up to 99 the effort to do that almost broke the organization if at the same time you've gone and asked people what percentage of first-class mail arrives the next day the average answer would have been 50 or the modal

Perspective is...

 the average answer, or the modal answer, would have been "50 to 60 percent." Now, if your perception is much worse than your reality, what on earth are you doing trying to change the reality? That's like trying to improve the food in a restaurant that stinks.

Rory Sutherland:...

 people play it's not how college students play and in the play of this game in primitive societies it's not the way people in primitive societies play either offers the modal officer offers