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Viceidol Posted 18 years ago
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"Might" the news be true?
1 b 00 Might 02 b 00 the news be true? (=Is it likely that the news is true?/Is it possible that the news is true?/ 01 b 00 Could 02 b 00 the news be true?) 02 br
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01 b 00 Might 02 b 00 he tell his wife? (=Is it likely that he will tell his wife?/Is it possible that he will tell his wife?/ 01 b 00 Could 02 b 00 he tell his wife?) 02 br
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01 b 00 Might 02 b 00 we go camping this summer? (=Is it likely that we will go camping this summer?/Is it possible that we will go camping this summer?/ 01 b 00 Could 02 b 00 we go camping this summer?) 02 br
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00 May I ask if I could use "might" in those questions? By the way, am I right in using "could" instead of "might"? Is that wrong? 02 br
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00 Please help me with this. Thank you very much for your help! 0-
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01 b 00 Might 02 b 00 he tell his wife? (=Is it likely that he will tell his wife?/Is it possible that he will tell his wife?/ 01 b 00 Could 02 b 00 he tell his wife?) 02 br
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01 b 00 Might 02 b 00 we go camping this summer? (=Is it likely that we will go camping this summer?/Is it possible that we will go camping this summer?/ 01 b 00 Could 02 b 00 we go camping this summer?) 02 br
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00 May I ask if I could use "might" in those questions? By the way, am I right in using "could" instead of "might"? Is that wrong? 02 br
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00 Please help me with this. Thank you very much for your help! 0-
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1 b 00 Might 02 b 00 the news be true? 02 font 02 br 02 br 01 b 00 Might 02 b 00 he tell his wife? 02 font 02 br 02 br 01 b 00 Might 02 b 00 we go camping this summer?
- 1 b 00 Might 02 b 00 the news be true?
- 02 font 02 br 02 br 01 b 00 Might 02 b 00 he tell his wife?
- 02 font 02 br 02 br 01 b 00 Might 02 b 00 we go camping this summer?
- ) 01 font 00 OK.
- Also, in this example, in a slightly different, and possibly more likely, reading, 01 i 00 May we go camping this summer?
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1 b 00 Might 02 b 00 the news be true? (=Is it likely that the news is true?/Is it possible that the news is true?/ 01 b 00 Could 02 b 00 the news be true?) 01 font 00 OK. 02 font 02 br
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01 b 00 Might 02 b 00 he tell his wife? (=Is it likely that he will tell his wife?/Is it possible that he wil
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01 b 00 Might 02 b 00 he tell his wife? (=Is it likely that he will tell his wife?/Is it possible that he wil
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