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may [modal verb]: expressing possibilty or permision: I may be late this evening. ·The brakes may have failed. ·May I use your phone? Grammar patterns.

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2 may [modal verb]: expressing possibilty or permision: I may be late this evening. ·The brakes may have failed. ·May I use your phone? Grammar patterns 1. may + bare infinitive: the train may be late. 2. may + not + bare infinitive: Don’t give them any raw fish, they may not like it. 3. may + (not) + have + past participle: Fiona’s not here. She may have gone to lunch. 4. It + may + be + that-clause: I’m hopeless at languages. ~It may be that you’ve never tried.

3 may Collocations The following adverbs commonly occur with may: (very) well, (very) possibly, conceivably, (very) easily. - Liverpool may well win - They may very easily have delayed. -She may very possibly have left the country. - interests rates may conceivably fall even lower.

4 may Set phrases  “may as well…” We may as well go home: there’s nothing happening here.  “may I suggest/may I just say…” May I suggest we take a break just as this point?  may….but She may be the boss, but that does’t mean she can do what she wants.


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