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Whatchadoin Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

May/maybe

She may know how to do it.
Maybe she knows how to do it.

Can I use either one for present?
  

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Yes.

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Can the first one indicate the future as well?
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No, it only indicates her present capability. The reader is free to assume that she will retain that ability into the future, but it is not included in the information the sentence carries.
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I may go there. - Here I'm talkin' about the future? There's no difference between "may" and "might" when I want to express possibility in the future?
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I've read one of CalifJim's posts when he said that he used "might" when talking to friends etc, and "may" when writing a formal paper. Why is that?
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How would I know? Ask CJ.
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whatchadoin,
whatchadoinI've read one of CalifJim's posts when he said that he used "might" when talking to friends etc, and "may" when writing a formal paper. Why is that?
There are few unspoken taboos that I think all learners should know, and one of the worst one in my opinion is to name and quote so and so said XYZ, while engaging i
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