Aug 12, 2014 · This may be the place means it's possible that this is the place. The other kind of modal meaning, called the Deontic sense, refers to obligation and permission, and is social, not logical. This is a case of deontic may, which refers to permission -- She may attend the ball, provided she keeps her shoes on all night.

Feb 27, 2019 · May and might are both used to talk about the present and the future. They tell us about possible actions or happenings. I may/might go to Canada. (=Perhaps I will go to Canada.) For the past we can use may have + past participle or might have + past participle. She may/might have left the umbrella in the shop. (= Perhaps she left it in the shop.)

May 16, 2016 · I know, for a specific date, it is used on: On 16 May 2016. I also know, when you refer to a month or year alone you use in: In June, In 2000 But I saw in internet some sources that when you put together a month and the year, they use both "on" and "in".

I may go to the cinema is very similar to I can go the cinema, but as a native speaker, you know the difference between can and may being that between ability and permission or possibility. Furthermore, modern English, the semantics of can stretches to cover that of may (but only in the area of permission, rather than possibility).

Mar 25, 2015 · "May" is typically used for requests, but I will definitely side with WindowsDude7 right above! "Could" is definitely your best shot if you want to express politeness :) "Could" is definitely your best shot if you want to express politeness :)

Jan 18, 2017 · May, like all modals, has a number of functions. One of these is its magical function, used for blessing, cursing, and wishing. Fillmore describes it about page 5 in his essay "May We Come In?", giving the examples May all your troubles be little ones and May you spend eternity rollerskating on cobblestones. –

Nice question, +1. I think you're right even if they are pretty much interchangeable (consider the context!), and this is shown in the dictionary too.

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Jan 24, 2014 · "To whoever it may concern," could have been arrived at as a preference over the various other possibilities: 1.) "To whom it may concern," 2.) "To who it may concern," 3.) "To whomever it may concern," 4.) "To whoever it may concern," Versions #1 and 3 may have been thought to be too formal or stiff sounding (to the speaker/writer).

Dec 9, 2010 · It may be more useful to have 12 CM (contra meridiem, opposite midday) for midnight and 12 HM (hoc meridiem, this midday) for midday - relating to conceptional terms rather than any specific midday or day. Reacting. Damovisa: Midnight is written as "12am" which would imply that it's in the morning. Therefore, it should be at the start of the ...