# Grammar - 'may' or 'might'

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**Created:** [March 27, 2021, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grammar-may-or-might/938875 "2021-03-27T23:13:54Z")\
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I do not believe that are always precisely interchangeable. (Also considering ‘might’ as the past, possibly subjunctive, tense of ‘may’.) It also depends on precisely what is meant: it is possible that they be giants? It is possible that they are giants? They would be giants, if not for…?

> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#):
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> You cannot tell which is “right” without the full context of the sentence. No sentence exists here.

ETA it is a complete sentence, but what can it mean?

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