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| might, may, could, should, would I think the order is as follows would, should, could, may, and might Is it correct? looking forward to hearing from native speakers from all around the world. |
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| I'm not sure I fully understand the question, Dean. Sorry. Could you elaborate? |
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| Sorry for the vagueness. I was trying to ask, say, 'He would come to the party tonight' and ' He might come to the party tonight', the former sentence shows that the person is more likely to come than the latter, right? So now i have a bunch of modal verbs, as follows. might, may, could, would, should I wonder if you could tell me the the 'strength' of them in decreasing order (is it appropriate to say decreasing order?) many thanks |
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| He would come to the party tonight- to me this doesn't indicate a possibility. If I hated him and didn't want to see him and he appeared, I could say it to show annoyance at his cheek in coming. In terms of probability, I'd go might/could may/should |
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