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Old 25-May-2006, 15:32
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Default modals "may"
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I know that "He may have done it" is the correct form but what about "it may be that he did/has done it" ?


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Old 25-May-2006, 16:33
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Default Re: modals "may"
"It may be that he did it." Expletive constructions - it or there plus a form of be - delays the subject and adds extra words. "He may have done it" is more consise.
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