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Andrea Del Bene Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

May vs would

Hi!

Which is more suited between 'may' and 'would' in the following example?:

"If for any reason we may/would need to..."

Thank you!
  

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I would use neither: If for any reason we needed to…
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Andrea Del BeneIf for any reason we may/would need to...
If I had to choose between those two, I would choose 'may'.

CJ
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Andrea Del Bene Hi!Which is more suited between 'may' and 'would' in the following example?:"If for any reason we may/would need to..."Thank you!
I believe it depends on the meaning. However, you most likely want to use neither of them in your example, not in the if-clause part of the conditional sentence:

"If for any reason we

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