What is the difference?
Hi! What is the difference between the two sentences? Thanks, Fulvio
1. It might be true.
2. It may be true.
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For me, may expresses a stronger possibility than might, However, for some other speakers, there is no real difference in meaning between the two modals, Some speakers don't use may at all.
- For me, may expresses a stronger possibility than might, However, for some other speakers, there is no real difference in meaning between the two modals, Some speakers don't use may at all.
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For me, may expresses a stronger possibility than might, However, for some other speakers, there is no real difference in meaning between the two modals, Some speakers don't use may at all.
0Personally, I just regard 'may' as a little more formal than 'might', but otherwise I treat them as synonyms.
For hydrocarbon molecules of this type, electrophoresis may give better results.
Don't leave your wallet there. Someone might take it.
(AmE)
I should mention the exception that 'might' is used as the reported version of 'may' (or 'might').
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