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Viceidol Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
Can I use both "may" and "can" here?
0 Hi, I've found some sentences here. In these sentences, I wonder if 01 i 00 can/might 02 i 00 are both suitable here. Could you please help me with this. Thanks in advance. 02 br
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00 After having a baby, a woman 01 b 00 may/can 02 b 00 suffer from depression for several months. 02 br
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00 The flowers 01 b 00 may/can 02 b 00 have five or six petals; colors may range from light pink to dark red. 02 br
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00 Children of divorced parents 01 b 00 may/can 02 b 00 have difficulty in forming stable relationships themselves. 02 br
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00 Smoking 01 b 00 may/can 02 b 00 cause cancer. 02 br
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00 Exercise alone 01 b 00 may/can 02 b 00 be boring. 02 br
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00 Scotland 01 b 00 may/can 02 b 00 be very warm in September. 02 br
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00 You 01 b 00 may/can 02 b 00 get very nasty skin disease from swimming in dirty water. 02 br
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00 Measles 01 b 00 may/can 02 b 00 be quite dangerous. 02 br
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00 One 01 b 00 may/can 02 b 00 hold one's breath for 3 minutes, with practice. 02 br
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00 Accidents 01 b 00 may/can 02 b 00 happen to any drunken driver. 02 br
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00 You 01 b 00 may/can 02 b 00 walk miles and miles through the forest without meeting anyone. 02 br
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00 Not every woman who wants to 01 b 00 may/can 02 b 00 become a mother. 0-
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00 After having a baby, a woman 01 b 00 may/can 02 b 00 suffer from depression for several months. 02 br
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00 The flowers 01 b 00 may/can 02 b 00 have five or six petals; colors may range from light pink to dark red. 02 br
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00 Children of divorced parents 01 b 00 may/can 02 b 00 have difficulty in forming stable relationships themselves. 02 br
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00 Smoking 01 b 00 may/can 02 b 00 cause cancer. 02 br
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00 Exercise alone 01 b 00 may/can 02 b 00 be boring. 02 br
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00 Scotland 01 b 00 may/can 02 b 00 be very warm in September. 02 br
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00 You 01 b 00 may/can 02 b 00 get very nasty skin disease from swimming in dirty water. 02 br
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00 Measles 01 b 00 may/can 02 b 00 be quite dangerous. 02 br
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00 One 01 b 00 may/can 02 b 00 hold one's breath for 3 minutes, with practice. 02 br
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00 Accidents 01 b 00 may/can 02 b 00 happen to any drunken driver. 02 br
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00 You 01 b 00 may/can 02 b 00 walk miles and miles through the forest without meeting anyone. 02 br
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00 Not every woman who wants to 01 b 00 may/can 02 b 00 become a mother. 0-
Top answer
may get (a) very nasty ... may be quite dangerous. 02 i 02 br 01 i 00 One *may hold one's breath ...
- may get (a) very nasty ...
- may be quite dangerous.
- 02 i 02 br 01 i 00 One *may hold one's breath ...
- 02 i 00 (Holding one's breath is a physical ability.
- may happen ...
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0 My first choice for all of them is 01 i 00 can 02 i 00 . 02 br
00 I find 01 i 00 may 02 i 00 an adequate substitute in most of them, but not in these, which strike me as questionable (?) or wrong (*): 02 br
01 i 00 Scotland ?may be very warm in September. 02 i 00 (But OK in the less generic reading of 'probably will be very warm'
00 I find 01 i 00 may 02 i 00 an adequate substitute in most of them, but not in these, which strike me as questionable (?) or wrong (*): 02 br
01 i 00 Scotland ?may be very warm in September. 02 i 00 (But OK in the less generic reading of 'probably will be very warm'
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