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Rizan Malik Posted 6 years ago
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As you might expect...
Consider this sentence, please:
"As you might expect, I did not take Mr Farraday's suggestion at all seriously that afternoon, regarding it as just another instance of an American gentleman's unfamiliarity with what was and what was not commonly done in England." 1) Does might in "as you might expect" express something like "as you would probably expect" (maybe or maybe not)?
2) Can I use can and could in place of might in "as you might expect"?
"As you might expect, I did not take Mr Farraday's suggestion at all seriously that afternoon, regarding it as just another instance of an American gentleman's unfamiliarity with what was and what was not commonly done in England." 1) Does might in "as you might expect" express something like "as you would probably expect" (maybe or maybe not)?
2) Can I use can and could in place of might in "as you might expect"?
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Rizan Malik 1) Does might in "as you might expect" express something like "as you would probably expect" (maybe or maybe not)? More or less, yes, or even "as you do expect". "as you might expect" is a sort of canned expression (fixed expression) that assumes the reader actually does, or very probably does, expect (whatever it is).
- Rizan Malik 1) Does might in "as you might expect" express something like "as you would probably expect" (maybe or maybe not)?
- More or less, yes, or even "as you do expect".
- "as you might expect" is a sort of canned expression (fixed expression) that assumes the reader actually does, or very probably does, expect (whatever it is).
- Rizan Malik 2) Can I use can and could in place of might in "as you might expect"?
- No, because it's a fixed expression.
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Rizan Malik1) Does might in "as you might expect" express something like "as you would probably expect" (maybe or maybe not)?
More or less, yes, or even "as you do expect". "as you might expect" is a sort of canned expression (fixed expression) that assumes the reader actually does, or very probably does, expect (whatever it is).
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