write the use of may and might with example
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In popular usage and speech, may and might are used interchangeably when referring to possibility and probability, but there is a slight difference between the two. May is used to express what is possible, factual, or could be factual. For example, He may lose his job
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uses of may
May is used to express permission. May not is used to deny permission.
May I come in, sir?
Yes, you may.
May I go home now?
No, you may not
May is also used to express possibility.
May is used in subordinate clauses that express a purpose
Might is the past tense of may in indirect speech.
He said, ‘I may stand for election.’
He said that he might stand for election.
Alice said, ‘I may come.’
Alice said that she might come
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