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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
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May or might
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I've got a question about following sentences while solving English quizzes.
1. I just might accept your offer.
2. You might try asking her for help - she knows her stuff.
I thought it would be ok to use "may' instead of "might' in these passages.
but the only acceptable answer was 'might'.
however, I don't understand why 'may' is not acceptable in these cases.
Please help me to solve these problems.
I've got a question about following sentences while solving English quizzes.
1. I just might accept your offer.
2. You might try asking her for help - she knows her stuff.
I thought it would be ok to use "may' instead of "might' in these passages.
but the only acceptable answer was 'might'.
however, I don't understand why 'may' is not acceptable in these cases.
Please help me to solve these problems.
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This is not an authoratative answer. ) Edit. ) I might accept your offer.
- This is not an authoratative answer.
- ) Edit.
- ) I might accept your offer.
- I may accept your offer.
- "Might" is correct, but has a negative connotation; while "may" seems more positive.
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This is not an authoratative answer.
The difference lies in the qualifiers, "just" and "try." Without them, the choice becomes obvious (at least, to me.)
Edit. ('what I'm trying to suggest here is that the original versions seem best with might, but by eliminating "just" and "try," may now becomes more acceptable.
The difference lies in the qualifiers, "just" and "try." Without them, the choice becomes obvious (at least, to me.)
Edit. ('what I'm trying to suggest here is that the original versions seem best with might, but by eliminating "just" and "try," may now becomes more acceptable.
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I'd definitely prefer "might" in the first sentence, but I don't think using "may" instead is wrong.
Sentence 2 is a different story. It is apparently intended as a suggestion, and using "may" instead of "might" to make a suggestion seems completely wrong to me.
Sentence 2 is a different story. It is apparently intended as a suggestion, and using "may" instead of "might" to make a suggestion seems completely wrong to me.
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