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Eipjoo Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
Meaning of 'might'
Given the example:
By eleven o'clock the whole school seemed to be out in the stands around the Quidditch pitch. Many students had binoculars. The seats might be raised high in the air, but it was still difficult to see what was going on sometimes.
Dictionaries say ‘might’ implies possibility, but ‘the seats’ are already high enough by the previous sentence: ‘Hundreds of seats were raised in stands around the field so that the spectators were high enough to see what was going on.’
Then the ‘might’ seems to have the same meaning of ‘although.’ Does this word have the meaning?
By eleven o'clock the whole school seemed to be out in the stands around the Quidditch pitch. Many students had binoculars. The seats might be raised high in the air, but it was still difficult to see what was going on sometimes.
Dictionaries say ‘might’ implies possibility, but ‘the seats’ are already high enough by the previous sentence: ‘Hundreds of seats were raised in stands around the field so that the spectators were high enough to see what was going on.’
Then the ‘might’ seems to have the same meaning of ‘although.’ Does this word have the meaning?
Top answer
eipjoo Then the ‘might’ seems to have the same meaning of ‘although. Yes, that’s it. eipjoo Does this word have the meaning?
- eipjoo Then the ‘might’ seems to have the same meaning of ‘although.
- Yes, that’s it.
- eipjoo Does this word have the meaning?
- Yes.
- com/dictionary/american/might
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eipjooThen the ‘might’ seems to have the same meaning of ‘although.Yes, that’s it.
eipjooDoes this word have the meaning?Yes. See the fourth definition under phrases: http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/am
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eipjooThen the ‘might’ seems to have the same meaning of ‘although.’Right. You can even rearrange it like this, adding although and deleting but:
Although the seats might be raised high in the air, it was still difficult to see .... [past]
The present tense form is:
Although the seats may be raised in the a
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Thank you very much. Your reply strengthens my understanding of the phrase.
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