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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Word choice

Which of these are correct:
You could be right.
You can be right.
You may be right.
You might be right.

Are all correct?
  

Top answer

They don't sound wrong to me.

  • They don't sound wrong to me.
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They don't sound wrong to me.
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Anonymous Which of these are correct:You could be right.You can be right.You may be right.You might be right.Are all correct?
All are correct in being grammatical. Except for "You can be right", they all have the same basic meaning.

"You can be right" is a statement in search of a scenario. I can't think of many situations where I'd need to or want
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CalifJim Anonymous Which of these are correct:You could be right.You can be right.You may be right.You might be right.Are all correct?All are correct in being grammatical. Except for "You can be right", they all have the same basic meaning."You can be right" is a statement in search of a scenario. I can't think of many situations where I'd need to or want to say it.CJ
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AnonymousSo basically I can use all three that are interchangeable except the one with 'can', as you said. Right?
Right.

CJ

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