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Poll: 'Might' _____ the past tense of 'may'.

'Might' _____ the past tense of 'may'.

is
is not
It depends on your definition of tense.

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This Poll:

  • Votes: 714
  • Comments: 2
  • Added: October 2006

Comments:

Leo

Many of the comments suggested with carved-in-stone certainty are quite specious because of the growing disuse and ignorance of the subjunctive forms in English. If the subjunctive WERE used more frequently we MIGHT/SHOULD/WOULD not be so confused.

Chuck Newman

You might have asked for past tense of 'may have' in which case I would have looked to choose 'might have'.

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