Timeline for modal verbs ( won't/ mightn't ... )
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| May 12, 2017 at 3:51 | comment | added | user230 | Mayn't was part of the language a hundred years ago, but it's almost completely vanished now. Some textbooks, especially those published in foreign countries, might be a bit behind the times. | |
| Feb 1, 2017 at 22:06 | comment | added | WRX | @FarahH.Yaseen You could. I'd try to be more clear. They might pass is more positive than negative. I'd assume you meant they'd likely pass. If that's not what you mean, add the not. It is still conditional -- they might or not. "Might" means possible, not certain even if you say might not, it still means they could. | |
| Feb 1, 2017 at 21:50 | comment | added | Farah H. Yaseen | I thought about it like this. They did not study well enough for the exam, but they studied somehow. This is why I am wondering whether we can use "might" to say that there is a possibility they could pass, but not a very high chance. What do you think? | |
| Feb 1, 2017 at 21:43 | comment | added | WRX | @FarahH.Yaseen I edited to add mayn't. Might pass it means they could pass it. I think you were trying to say they probably would not pass the exam, so might not is the way to word it. | |
| Feb 1, 2017 at 21:42 | history | edited | WRX | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 1, 2017 at 21:39 | comment | added | Farah H. Yaseen | Why not mayn't ? or might ? | |
| Feb 1, 2017 at 21:26 | history | answered | WRX | CC BY-SA 3.0 |