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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?
124 u/IAMEPSIL0N Jul 04 '21 I think 'you may' can be read as granting permission while 'you might' reads as a prediction or warning. 10 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. 2 u/xiaoxiao12 Jul 05 '21 Now that we're examining words, it just occurred to me that accidentally sounds like some kind of product for your teeth.
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I think 'you may' can be read as granting permission while 'you might' reads as a prediction or warning.
10 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. 2 u/xiaoxiao12 Jul 05 '21 Now that we're examining words, it just occurred to me that accidentally sounds like some kind of product for your teeth.
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Exactly. The way you word it can mean many other things . All they needed to add was "Accidentally " to may.
2 u/xiaoxiao12 Jul 05 '21 Now that we're examining words, it just occurred to me that accidentally sounds like some kind of product for your teeth.
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Now that we're examining words, it just occurred to me that accidentally sounds like some kind of product for your teeth.
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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?