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I have confusion in below 2 statements.

A) I may have missed that information.
B) I might have missed that information.

I wanted to say I possibly missed that information "in past" to someone.
So at that time may OR might which one should I use?

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  • @user178049 - Do you have a reference for that? Everything I've ever seen says may can be used in the past tense. – stangdon Jan 13 '17 at 13:24
  • You can use either one. It's the have that lets us know you're talking about past time. – AmE speaker Jan 15 '17 at 2:39
  • This question has nothing to do with the subjunctive or the past perfect and those tags should be removed. – AmE speaker Jan 15 '17 at 2:40
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You can use either, both mean there was a "possibility" that you missed it

I may have missed that information (when they said it).
I might have missed that information (when they said it).

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Though they are both correct, "I might have missed that information" is more correct. "Might" is better usage here because it happened in the past. Also, using "may" sounds a bit stiff and formal here. If anything, I'd recommend using "might".

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