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MIGHT: USES
(Modal Verb)
PAST SIMPLE OF MAY
Used especially when reporting what someone has said, thought, asked,
etc.:
He’s so small.
[fact]
I brought him some sandwiches because I thought he might be hungry.
Very politely the little boy asked if he might have another piece of cake (=
he said "May I have another piece of cake, please?").
"I thought you might have helped,” she replied peevishly.
He wrote to me last week regarding a business proposition he thought
might interest me.
Jan hasn't got a ticket but I thought we might sneak her in.
I suggested that a cup of tea might settle her stomach.
I've brought with me an article from yesterday's paper that I thought
might amuse you.
POSSIBILITY
We use
might
most often to refer to weak possibility:
I
might
go to Japan for a month to study Japanese.
The dog
might
bark when we pass by the gate.
They
might
not like very hot food.
PERMISSION
We use
might
to refer to permission. It is very formal and is not used very
often:
Might
I ask your name?
Might
I interrupt you for a moment?
Warning:
The reply to these will not contain
might:
A:
Might I ask your address?
B:
Yes. It’s 41 Ross Avenue.
A:
Might I ask you a question?
B:
Yes. Of course.
Not: Yes. You might.
SUGGESTION
We can use
might
to give advice or make a suggestion sound more polite
or less direct, especially when used together with
like, prefer
or
want:
[A waiter politely suggesting a dessert to a customer.]
You
might
like to try one of our wonderful desserts.
MIGHT: TYPICAL ERROR
We don’t use
might
for ability; we use
can
or
could:
Although you
can
visit these places, if you are tired, you’re welcome to
stay in the hotel.
Not: Although you might visit these places …
I
could
hear the noise of an engine.
Not: I might hear the noise of an engine.
MIGHT: USES
AFFRIMATIVE FORM
Might
comes first in the verb phrase (after the subject and before another
verb):
She
might
sell her house.
This
might
be true.
Not: That might can be true. or That can might be true.
NEGATIVE FORM
The negative form of
might
is
might not
or
mightn’t.
We don’t
use
don’t/doesn’t/didn’t
with
might:
There
might not
be anyone in the house.
(or
There
mightn’t
be
…)
Not: There doesn’t might be anyone in the house.
QUESTION FORM
The subject and
might
change position to form questions.
Warning:
We don’t use
do/does/did:
Might this be the key?
Not: Does this might be the key?
Mightn’t this be the key?
Not: Doesn’t might this be the key?
We can use
might
and
mightn’t
in question tags, but they’re not very
common:
That might not be a bad idea, might it?
That plant might do better by the window, mightn’t it?

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