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Whatchadoin Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Might/may/could

How do native speakers decide which of these words to use when they can use whichever they want. As in:

That might be true.
That may be true.
That could be true.

Thanks.
  

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whatchadoin How do native speakers decide which of these words to use when they can use whichever they want. We don't—we just blurt one out.

  • whatchadoin How do native speakers decide which of these words to use when they can use whichever they want.
  • We don't—we just blurt one out.
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whatchadoinHow do native speakers decide which of these words to use when they can use whichever they want.
We don't—we just blurt one out.
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whatchadoinHow do native speakers decide which of these words to use when they can use whichever they want.
They consult EnglishForward.com, of course, where they are told always to use "might" and stop worrying about it.

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