http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslGeneralEnglishGrammar-Questions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here. <font color=red>DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here. Post them in our <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"><b>Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum</b></a>.</font>enXMOD (Build: 3616.28671)http://www.englishforums.com/English/CouldMayAndMight/dpdcd/post.htm#334810Tue, 26 May 2009 09:53:08 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:334810CalifJim0http://www.englishforums.com/English/CouldMayAndMight/dpdcd/post.htm#334810http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-334810.xmlI 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. CJhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/CouldMayAndMight/dpdcd/post.htm#334779Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:53:08 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:334779Teo1http://www.englishforums.com/English/CouldMayAndMight/dpdcd/post.htm#334779http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-334779.xmlAccording to A Basic English Grammar (by John Eastwood and Ronald Mackin), could is rather less sure than may or might .http://www.englishforums.com/English/CouldMayAndMight/dpdcd/post.htm#325215Thu, 26 Mar 2009 10:53:08 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:325215Kooyeen2http://www.englishforums.com/English/CouldMayAndMight/dpdcd/post.htm#325215http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-325215.xmlYeah, 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".http://www.englishforums.com/English/CouldMayAndMight/dpdcd/post.htm#325175Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:53:08 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:325175Inchoateknowledge3http://www.englishforums.com/English/CouldMayAndMight/dpdcd/post.htm#325175http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-325175.xmlIMO, neitherhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/CouldMayAndMight/dpdcd/post.htmTue, 26 May 2009 09:53:08 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:325162Teo4http://www.englishforums.com/English/CouldMayAndMight/dpdcd/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-325162.xmlCould, 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?