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Tenjing Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

please help with 'may/might+have+past participle.

By this time next week he may/might have left for Washington. I found this sentence in a grammar book. Is it correct? Can't we this sentence with 'by this time next week I may leave for Washington'??
It's really confusing. Please help.
  

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If both are correct, do the native speaker use the first sentence with 'may have'?

— Tenjing

  • If both are correct, do the native speaker use the first sentence with 'may have'?
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If both are correct, do the native speaker use the first sentence with 'may have'?
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By this time next week he may/might have left for Washington.

It is correct. Here is a case where you might see it used:

Joe: Bob has been travelling for three weeks. I want to meet him. I live in Washington. Do you know when I can schedule a meeting with him?

Mary: I am his secretary. Bob's schedule is not set right now, and he is somewhere in Ohio. He intends to go to
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Thank you so much, Alpheccastars. I have one more question. My question is, Do native speaker use this form?
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tenjing Do native speakers use this form?
Yes.
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