English, asked by pavan1929, 1 year ago

____you live long!may or might


rachelpinto17: may you live long
simpl3737: may
rachelpinto17: yup
pavan1929: y may
rachelpinto17: told ya ryt?!
pavan1929: s r
simpl3737: Basically, might is the past tense of may. It therefore seems logical for grammatical sticklers to argue that if you’re talking about a possible situation in the present or the future, you should always use the present tense, may
simpl3737: and this is the sentence in which you are saying about living long so the present tense may will be used here
rachelpinto17: if it as a possibility of taking place then we should use might
rachelpinto17: has*

Answers

Answered by HappyJohn
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May you live long!

Explanation:

1. There is an incomplete sentence given in the question having a blank in it. We are asked to fill the blank with an appropriate word (modal verb) from the options given in the question.

2. The modal verb suitable in the blank is 'may'. Therefore, the complete sentence is: May you live long!

3. Modal verbs can be defined as words used in english grammar which are used along with the main verbs to indicate possibility, permission, likelihood, suggestion, advice, ability, necessity of the subject of a sentence to perform an action.

4. The modal verb 'may' in the blank is appropriate as it represents or shows an optimistic expectation and it can be conveyed in exclamatory form of speech. Other examples of modal verbs includes: can, will, might, may, should, shall, would, could, etc.

5. Modal verbs are never used separately in a sentence. These are always followed by main verb in a sentwould

6. Some examples of sentences using modal verbs are given below:

Can you pass me the book?

It might rain today.

She will go to market alone.

Shall I do the work?

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