I was thinking about English grammar and I had a question as I was examining part of my personal idiolect.

Is there any case where the adverbs "might" and "may" are distinguished? That is, this just seems to be two common words that mean exactly the same thing.

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@chimerror Hmmm. After a brief search, this is the least petty and annoying resource I can find on the few technical differences...

writingexplained.org/may-vs-mi

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