牛津博客词汇辨析: may & might
实际上,现在对这两个词的时态区分也已经很少了,一般情况下这两个词语可以互相替换。比如上面两个例句还可以这样写:
may和might有一些固定的区别:如果事情的真相在当时并不知晓,这种情况用may和might都是可以的:
如果一些事在说话时已确定没有发生,这种情况最好用might:
实际上,现在对这两个词的时态区分也已经很少了,一般情况下这两个词语可以互相替换。比如上面两个例句还可以这样写:
may和might有一些固定的区别:如果事情的真相在当时并不知晓,这种情况用may和might都是可以的:
如果一些事在说话时已确定没有发生,这种情况最好用might:
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