English_for_Finance_and_Banking
MAY; MIGHT
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Uses |
Present/Future |
Past |
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1) polite request |
May I borrow your pen? Might I borrow your pen? |
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2) formal permission |
You may leave the room. |
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3) less than 50% certainty
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—Where is John? He may be at the library. He might be at the library
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He may have been at the library. He might have been at the library. |
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