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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Using the "just" word

How much it changes the sentence if I us"just" word in it?

I just might.../ I might...
I just could.../ I could
I just would.../I would
  

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For some reason, just comes before might , but after the other two. " I don't see any real difference in meaning by adding just ; it adds a little 'interest' or emphasis at most.

  • For some reason, just comes before might , but after the other two.
  • " I don't see any real difference in meaning by adding just ; it adds a little 'interest' or emphasis at most.
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For some reason, just comes before might, but after the other two. "I could just wring his neck!"
I don't see any real difference in meaning by adding just; it adds a little 'interest' or emphasis at most.
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PhilipFor some reason, just comes before might, but after the other two. "I could just wring his neck!"
I don't see any real difference in meaning by adding just; it adds a little 'interest' or emphasis at most.

I like that explanation!
You even answered my question, GREAT JOB!
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I must say I see it a different way:

I just might is probably weaker than I might. I might just by itself is the strongest of the three, in my experience. Why don't you go and tell him what you think of him? I might just! - suggests you probably will and what you think of him will be pretty ripe.

I just could see out of the window suggests I couldn't see out of anything else
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While there are several uses for each, here are a few that come readily to mind.
-- If you're that miserable working here, why don't you quit and find a job somewhere else?
-- I just might do that! / I might just do that! (defiance; threat)
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Having to listen to the neighbor's dog bark all day, I could just scream! (frustration)

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