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Engnety Posted 21 years ago
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Help me with this question!

Dear Sir/Miss,
I'm very delighted once again to come here to share my question with you:
I_______pay Tracy a visit, but I’m not sure whether I will have time this Sunday.
A. should
B. might
C. would
D. could
The suggested answer is A, which is definitely right. But I think B. might is also correct.
Will you please help me?
Thank you.
  

Top answer

I agree, Chris-- 'might' is a possibility; however, in the dependent clause, the speaker seems to express more definiteness about visiting than 'might' would accord with. 'Should' is much more likely. I presume that these problems are from a test preparation book.

— Mister Micawber

  • I agree, Chris-- 'might' is a possibility; however, in the dependent clause, the speaker seems to express more definiteness about visiting than 'might' would accord with.
  • 'Should' is much more likely.
  • I presume that these problems are from a test preparation book.
  • Such texts often include practice questions that would be weeded out from among the questions in the actual tests-- often for reasons like this.
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I agree, Chris-- 'might' is a possibility; however, in the dependent clause, the speaker seems to express more definiteness about visiting than 'might' would accord with. 'Should' is much more likely.

I presume that these problems are from a test preparation book. Such texts often include practice questions that would be weeded out from among the questions in the actual tests-- often
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Emotion: smile A great many thanks for your satisfactory answer.
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