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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary
Usage of might
I have a question about might.
On my way out I might stop by the terraria to look at some shiny frogs glazed bright.
This sentence is from the book "life of pi"
This scene is about remembering the past experience in a zoo.
He lived there. And it is when he was going through the zoo to go to school.
My question is the usage of might.
As I know, might is used to guess about the present or future.
And 'might have' is used to guess about the past.
The sentence is about the past but it uses might.
So it doesn't make sense to me.
Can you explain this please?
On my way out I might stop by the terraria to look at some shiny frogs glazed bright.
This sentence is from the book "life of pi"
This scene is about remembering the past experience in a zoo.
He lived there. And it is when he was going through the zoo to go to school.
My question is the usage of might.
As I know, might is used to guess about the present or future.
And 'might have' is used to guess about the past.
The sentence is about the past but it uses might.
So it doesn't make sense to me.
Can you explain this please?
Top answer
It means that this was something he sometimes did. On any individual occasion he might do it.
- It means that this was something he sometimes did.
- On any individual occasion he might do it.
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It means that this was something he sometimes did. On any individual occasion he might do it.
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AnonymousThe sentence is about the past but it uses might.So it doesn't make sense to me. Can you explain this please?I might stop ... ~ I would sometimes stop (and sometimes not) ...
~ Sometimes I used to stop (and sometimes not) ...
This usage of might is similar to the use of would to indicate past habits (like u
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