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“Some people may/ might/ will consider that snide”
Yes, on both questions.
"May" is a strange word, since it also is used for permission, and you have to understand the meaning from context. But here it would certainly be understood as ...
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“Some people may/ might/ will consider that snide”
James K’s answer is valid for many English speakers, but it is not universal. May and might are quite close in meaning, and many use them interchangeably, but they remain distinct to many speakers as ...
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We played table tennis yesterday. Oftentimes, when I smashed the ball to him, he "would/used to" return the ball by touching the ball - correct?
You have established a time frame with your first statement. Everything you say subsequently applies to the game (or games) of table tennis played yesterday. The term 'oftentimes' just isn't ...
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Can I omit second "will" in a compound sentence?
I will paint the walls and you, the floor.
BUT:
I will paint the walls and you will take out the garbage.
That is a compound sentence and therefore needs two verbs. And the verb in full would take ...
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“Some people may/ might/ will consider that snide”
I would consider may and might nearly interchangeable if we are talking about how people possibly feel in the future. Another word that would work here is “some people could,” which is more likely ...
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He will/must/might/could be at home till now
Till now is not very common in English, and usually only used when something that has always been the case has changed: something has just stopped happening, or started happening.
This has never ...
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He will/must/might/could be at home till now
No. "Till" requires a duration. It is not an instant in time.
You could say, "He might be home now." But it doesn't make sense to say, "He might be home till now." There'...
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We played table tennis yesterday. Oftentimes, when I smashed the ball to him, he "would/used to" return the ball by touching the ball - correct?
The dictionary definition of "oftentimes" misleadingly implies that it is equal in usage to "often." That is incorrect. While the meaning is technically the same, the idiomatic ...
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