Is this "might" referring to the past?

0Past, yes. You 01i00might02i00 have changed it to01i00 may02i00 if you hadn't objected to bringing it into the present.02br
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00We (I) don't know if this conditions persists. The author's choice seems intentional, so he must know the condition no longer exists.0-

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01cite10Viceidol12cite10Is this "might" referring "the past"?12blockquote

10Yes. Paraphrase it as "The king 01u00was not allowed to do anything02u00 without ..."02br
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01cite10Viceidol12cite10How about replacing it with "may"?12b

0no it's not about the past or the present..02br
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00we use might here in its past form to indicate the difficulty of getting something to happen02br
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00for example when u say: "I would if i can"02br
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00This doesn't mean the sentence in the past tense..it just means that it is impossible 02br
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0No, you've been told this by me and others:01b00 migh02b00t has no time reference when taken by itself and your sentence can apply to the present too. Many read it only as past, but that is not correct IMO. You need 01b00more context02b00 in order to clarify that. 02br
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00See examples from the BBC and the New York Times sit

0It sounded to me as if the original questioner well knew he had an example of a special past use of might, and simply wanted confirmation. The "may" question was just a "what if?"0-

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01cite10Avangi12cite10It sounded to me as if the original questioner well knew he had an example of a special past use of might, and simply wanted confirmation. The "may" question was just a "what if?"12br
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00>Is this "might" referring "the past"?0