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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
Vocabulary

May have occurred

A spokesman for the commission said: “The Electoral Commission has begun an investigation into Leave.EU’s EU referendum spending return. This followed an assessment which concluded that there were reasonable grounds to suspect that potential offences under the law may have occurred. (The Guardian.)

Does "may have occurred" mean "may have occurred [in the past]" in the above?

  

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Anonymous Does "may have occurred" mean "may have occurred [in the past]" Yes. CJ

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  • Anonymous Does "may have occurred" mean "may have occurred [in the past]" Yes.
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AnonymousDoes "may have occurred" mean "may have occurred [in the past]"

Yes.

CJ

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