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Old 20-Jun-2006, 19:30
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Hello!

I don`t know the question tags for the following sentences:

She may have come,.........?
She might have come,........?

Is there anyone who could help me, please?

Thank you very much.
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Old 21-Jun-2006, 07:49
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mayn't she/may she not
mightn't she/might she not
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Old 21-Jun-2006, 13:19
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Thank you for your answer but , I still have a question.

In one of the grammar English books I have read lately, it is mentioned that the contrasted forms, mayn`t and mightn`t, are not correct or rather unusual,and we should avoid them. Is this true?

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Old 22-Jun-2006, 04:55
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The contracted forms are not used much. To BrE ears, they sound rather dated, especially 'mayn't', but they aren't wrong and they are used in question tags. I wouldn't normally use them in other cases.

He mightn't come.
He might not come.

Here, I would always use the second.
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