As far-fetched as it may seem
"For all the talk about democratic backsliding, ethnic and territorial questions may be the next looming crisis for Europe, as far-fetched as it may seem." (The Guardian.)
Does the modal verb "may" have the different semantical 'gravity' in two clauses above, i.e., ethnic and territorial questions may be the next looming crisis for Europe and as far-fetched as it may seem in expressing possibility (of something happening in the future)?
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ethnic and territorial questions may be the next looming crisis for Europe This is the main point in the sentence.
- ethnic and territorial questions may be the next looming crisis for Europe This is the main point in the sentence.
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ethnic and territorial questions may be the next looming crisis for Europe This is the main point in the sentence.
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