Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1996 17:00:10 -0700

From: Rudy Troike RTROIKE[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CCIT.ARIZONA.EDU

Subject: Re: May-might



On Dale Coye's examples, I could use might with a but -clause:



Someone may have lived there years ago, but not recently.



Someone might have lived there years ago, but I doubt it.



The latter would carry more uncertainty for me.



--Rudy Troike (rtroike[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ccit.arizona.edu)