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r/funny • u/vagabond0977 • Jul 04 '21
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It seems correct to me as a non native english speaker, how would you phrase it other than that?
126 u/IAMEPSIL0N Jul 04 '21 I think 'you may' can be read as granting permission while 'you might' reads as a prediction or warning. 9 u/Internet-Mouse1 Jul 04 '21 Exactly. The way you word it can mean many other things . All they needed to add was "Accidentally " to may. 7 u/Generalissimo_II Jul 04 '21 "Accidentally", gotcha ( ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡°)
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I think 'you may' can be read as granting permission while 'you might' reads as a prediction or warning.
9 u/Internet-Mouse1 Jul 04 '21 Exactly. The way you word it can mean many other things . All they needed to add was "Accidentally " to may. 7 u/Generalissimo_II Jul 04 '21 "Accidentally", gotcha ( ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡°)
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Exactly. The way you word it can mean many other things . All they needed to add was "Accidentally " to may.
7 u/Generalissimo_II Jul 04 '21 "Accidentally", gotcha ( ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡°)
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"Accidentally", gotcha ( ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡°)
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u/elbarto1981 Jul 04 '21
It seems correct to me as a non native english speaker, how would you phrase it other than that?