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« on: 01 December 2008, 07:42:13 PM »
please tell me the differences between might and may

for examples these sentences :
1."The party won't take very long.I ______ be back by one o'clock."
2."If he finish his homework,he ______ may go home."
what should I fill?may or might?and why?
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Re: about modals
« Reply #1 on: 01 December 2008, 07:48:12 PM »
setau aye, ada 2 macam might:
1. might sebagai bentuk past may
2. might hampir sama dengan may, tetapi lebih halus / sopan
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Re: about modals
« Reply #2 on: 01 December 2008, 07:52:45 PM »
help..help..
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Re: about modals
« Reply #3 on: 01 December 2008, 08:12:34 PM »
please tell me the differences between might and may

for examples these sentences :
1."The party won't take very long.I ______ be back by one o'clock."
2."If he finish his homework,he ______ may go home."
what should I fill?may or might?and why?

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Re: about modals
« Reply #4 on: 01 December 2008, 08:13:53 PM »
May and Might
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Traditionalists insist that one should distinguish between may (present tense) and might (past tense) in expressing possibility: : I may have some dessert after dinner if I'm still hungry;: I might have known that the highway would be closed because of the storm. In casual use, though, may and might are generally interchangeable: : they might take a vacation next month;: he may have called earlier, but the answering machine was broken.
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Re: about modals
« Reply #5 on: 01 December 2008, 08:15:26 PM »
might bisa untuk menunjukkan ketidakpastian... juga bentuk past dari May.. oh ya, juga bulan ke-5, Mei .. :))

Ini dari Babylon:

might1
■  modal verb (3rd singular present might) past of may1.
    used in reported speech to express possibility or permission. ▶expressing a possibility based on an unfulfilled condition. ▶expressing annoyance: you might have told me!
    used politely or tentatively in questions and requests. ▶asking for information: who might you be?
    used to express possibility or make a suggestion.


may1
■  modal verb (3rd singular present may; past might mʌɪt)
    expressing possibility.
    expressing permission.
    expressing a wish or hope.
might
▶  noun STRENGTH, force, power, vigour, energy, brawn, powerfulness, forcefulness.
 

■ with might and main WITH ALL ONE'S STRENGTH, as hard as one can, as hard as possible, (with) full force, forcefully, powerfully, strongly, vigorously.


Might
Might may refer to:
Physical strength
Might, an English auxiliary verb, a verb whose function it is to give further semantic or syntactic information about the main or full verb which follows it
"Might", a song by Modest Mouse from their 1996 album This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About
Might, a magazine founded by American author Dave Eggers' in the 1990s, also featured in his autobiographical novel A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (2000)
Might is the past tense for may


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Re: about modals
« Reply #6 on: 01 December 2008, 08:17:25 PM »
 [at] hatred

absolutely that's a questionnnnnnnnnn  :(

did my question sound like a game?

I think no.
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Re: about modals
« Reply #7 on: 01 December 2008, 08:18:37 PM »
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kok nyang no 2 uda ada jwabannya?
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Re: about modals
« Reply #8 on: 01 December 2008, 08:19:16 PM »
thank you very much for all of you who had answer my question
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Re: about modals
« Reply #9 on: 01 December 2008, 08:21:20 PM »
 [at]  hatred

ooppssssssssssss

I'm so sorry

I had write the answer

I made a mistake

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