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    It is not the case that A nonstandard semantics of modal adverbs like 'necessarily' and 'contingently' could achieve the same result as denying that propositions bear modal properties, without abandoning that doctrine.

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    • 1.Modal adverbs like 'necessarily' function as sentential operators in modal logic, not as predicates ascribing properties to propositions.
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    • 2.Kripke's possible-worlds semantics gives a fully adequate, extensionally correct account of modal operators without treating them as proposition-level predicates.
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    • 3.Introducing context-sensitivity into modal operators generates counterintuitive results, such as making 'necessarily true' non-transitive across contexts.
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    • 1.The 'so-called' analogy fails because 'so-called' is explicitly metalinguistic, whereas modal adverbs embed freely under quantifiers and attitude verbs without metalinguistic readings.
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    • 2.Quine's arguments in 'Reference and Modality' show that context-sensitive predication of modal properties invites referential opacity, undermining the compositionality the nonstandard semantics was meant to preserve.
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    • 1.Modal adverbs could be analyzed as ascribing properties to propositions while being sensitive to more than just the proposition they operate on.
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    • 2.The behavior of 'so-called' in sentences like 'Superman is so-called for his super powers' provides a precedent for context-sensitive predication of this kind.
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