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Teo Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

could, may and might

1i00Could, may 02i00and 01i00might02i00 are all used to express degreees of certainty.02br
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01i001. Could02i00 suggests a less strong possibility than 01i00may 02i00or 01i00might.02i02br
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01i002. Might02i00 is more tentative than 01i00may 02i00or could01i00.02i0-
  

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— Inchoateknowledge

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0 Yeah, neither, same as Incho.02br
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00I could say "01i00Might02i00 and 01i00could02i00 are more tentative than 01i00may02i00, and 01i00might02i00 and 01i00could02i00 are exactly the same."02br
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0 According to 01i00A Basic English Grammar 02i00(by John Eastwood and Ronald Mackin), 01i00could 02i00is rather less sure than 01i00may 02i00or01i00 might02i00. 0-
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0I don't know why they do it, but some of those basic grammars seem to draw the students' attention to all sorts of ways to expend energy needlessly nitpicking over inconsequential matters. 05002br
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