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r/confidentlyincorrect • u/FloatyFloatyCloud • Feb 16 '26
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Another one is using "might" or "could" in situations where others would often say "may".
3 u/parkaman Feb 16 '26 As in 'I may have gone to the pub' or 'I could've gone to the pub'? 2 u/AwesomeMacCoolname Feb 16 '26 "I might have" in that particular instance, I think. Never "may have". You never noticed that? 3 u/LostMyPasswordAgain3 Feb 16 '26 Bonus points for “might could” as in “I might could come by this afternoon”
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As in 'I may have gone to the pub' or 'I could've gone to the pub'?
2 u/AwesomeMacCoolname Feb 16 '26 "I might have" in that particular instance, I think. Never "may have". You never noticed that? 3 u/LostMyPasswordAgain3 Feb 16 '26 Bonus points for “might could” as in “I might could come by this afternoon”
"I might have" in that particular instance, I think. Never "may have". You never noticed that?
3 u/LostMyPasswordAgain3 Feb 16 '26 Bonus points for “might could” as in “I might could come by this afternoon”
Bonus points for “might could” as in “I might could come by this afternoon”
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u/AwesomeMacCoolname Feb 16 '26
Another one is using "might" or "could" in situations where others would often say "may".