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Hi everyone,

I'm just wondering if both of these sentences have the same meaning or not,or more exactly,if there are any mistakes in any of them:

-I might have been mistaken advicing you

Or -Advicing you may habe been a mistake

By the way,in the sentence above,can we say twice "any" in that context,actually,it sounds quite weird but I guess it'd be worth telling me about it anyway...

Thanks for your help.

SOE.

Vardogr · Accepted Answer

I'm not entirely certain what you intended to say. I'm guessing you meant something along the lines of ...

"I [may / might] have made a mistake in giving you advice."
"Advising you [may / might] have been a mistake."

"May" and "might" are interchangeable; although, "might" is contextually more appropriate.

Sick Of english · Answer

Yeah,that's definitely what I meant to say,the meaning is the same after all but,actually,I was wondering if,"grammaticaly speaking",it was correct for both of my answers...

Is it correct or not then?

Vardogr · Answer

The original examples you posted aren't grammatically correct.

If you're asking whether or not the two phrases are interchangeable — they are.

Sick Of english · Answer

That's drastical... ^^'

Thanks for your help anyway!

SOE

CalifJim · Answer

Sick Of englishI might have been mistaken in advising you.
...
Advising you may have been a mistake.As corrected. Almost the same meaning. In the first sentence it's clear who gave the advice. In the second it could have been anybody who gave the advice.

As mentioned above, you can use may or might in either sentence. The meaning doesn't change.
Sick Of englishcan we say ~~twice~~ "any" twice in that context
Yes.

CJ

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