Teo  +  325162 Tue, 06 Feb 07 03:46 PM Could, may and might are all used to express degreees of certainty. 1. Could suggests a less strong possibility than may or might. 2. Might is more tentative than may or could. Which do you think is correct, #1 or #2? Teo Joined on Tue, Sep 28 2004 Taiwan Contributing Member 1,631 Thank you very much for your reply.

	Kooyeen  +  325215 Tue, 06 Feb 07 05:32 PM Yeah, neither, same as Incho. I could say "Might and could are more tentative than may, and might and could are exactly the same." There's not much difference between them, though. People might say "may" when they mean "might", or "might" when they mean "may", so in the end they are all used to express the same concepts. I don't like "may" much, I rarely use it, except for sentences like "Today is May fifth". Kooyeen Joined on Thu, Dec 22 2005 Italy Senior Member 4,933 Parental Advisory / Explicit Posts Difference Between

	Teo  +  334779 Fri, 02 Mar 07 04:07 AM According to A Basic English Grammar (by John Eastwood and Ronald Mackin), could is rather less sure than may or might. Teo Grammar, English Grammar

	CalifJim  +  334810 Fri, 02 Mar 07 06:29 AM I don't know why they do it, but some of those basic grammars seem to draw the students' attention to all sorts of ways to expend energy needlessly nitpicking over inconsequential matters.  CJ CalifJim Joined on Mon, Aug 2 2004 California Veteran Member 22,128 "There are no facts, only interpretations" - Nietzsche