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M.i.K Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

'will' or 'may'

Hello =]

there was a question like..

I (will - may) probably use the computer when i do my homework tonight.

is it will or may, and why ?
  

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Hello, MIK - and welcome to English Forums. In spoken English you may hear both of those, but in careful grammar, 'may' approximates 'will probably'. Since 'probably' appears in the sentence, 'may' is rather redundant, and 'will' is the better choice.

— Mister Micawber

  • Hello, MIK - and welcome to English Forums.
  • In spoken English you may hear both of those, but in careful grammar, 'may' approximates 'will probably'.
  • Since 'probably' appears in the sentence, 'may' is rather redundant, and 'will' is the better choice.
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Hello, MIK - and welcome to English Forums.

In spoken English you may hear both of those, but in careful grammar, 'may' approximates 'will probably'. Since 'probably' appears in the sentence, 'may' is rather redundant, and 'will' is the better choice.
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Thank You =]

i wanted to choose 'will' 'cause i've heard 'will probably' in movies and songs..

but the whole test was about "will if you're sure? and may if you're not"

and there was 'probably' so i chose 'may'

Ohh maaaan, i hate being wrong
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but the whole test was about "will if you're sure? and may if you're not" -- Hmm, well I think it is a poorly written question then. I would expect:

I (will - may) use the computer when I do my homework tonight.

Eliminating 'probably' clearly presents the choices you were asked t
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Yeah, i guess he just wanna mess with us!

now i got 49/50 because of this question Emotion: tongue tied
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