You might think he would try to run away
Consider these sentences, please:
1) You might think he would try to run away, but this is Hollywood and he comes up with a different plan.
2) You might think “Maybe my son [or daughter] could use some assistance with making friends”.
My questions are:
a) might in 1) and 2) can be paraphrased with which of the following: "probably" or "would perhaps" or none of them?
b) might in 1) and 2) can be replaced with which of the following modals: could, would, can, may, will?
c) When do we generally use the expression "you/one might think..."?
Top answer
Rizan Malik 1) You might think he would try to run away, but this is Hollywood and he comes up with a different plan. Paraphrasing: It would not be surprising if you thought he would try to run away, but this is Hollywood and he comes up with a different plan. "?
- Rizan Malik 1) You might think he would try to run away, but this is Hollywood and he comes up with a different plan.
- Paraphrasing: It would not be surprising if you thought he would try to run away, but this is Hollywood and he comes up with a different plan.
- "?
- When the end result is known, and you are talking about the possible causes or events leading up to it.
- Sentence 1 sounds like someone writing a movie review and has come to a particular point in the plot.
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Rizan Malik1) You might think he would try to run away, but this is Hollywood and he comes up with a different plan.
Paraphrasing:
It would not be surprising if you thought he would try to run away, but this is Hollywood and he comes up with a different plan.
Rizan Malikc) When do we generally use the expre
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