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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Might have

I mightn't have won the car race without your motivation. Could it mean 'Maybe I wouldn't have won the car race without your motivation.'?
  

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Anonymous Could it mean 'Maybe I wouldn't have won the car race without your motivation.'?
Yes, that is the meaning.
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Can we also use 'May have' or 'could have' instead of 'might have' in the sentence with the same meaning?
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'May not have' is possible; 'could not have' has a different meaning.
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What about 'could have', the positive form. Can I say,'I may or might or could have won the car race with your motivation, but you didn't show up.'? Do they mean almost the same?
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AnonymousDo they mean almost the same?
No. 'Could' exudes more confidence.
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