might as well

[udara sankalpa]

Hello there
Would someone please give me the meaning, and difference between the following sentences:

-you might just as well go home.
-you might just as well have gone home.

Does the second sentence refer to past

Warm regards
Udara

[Tdol]

Yes; the first refers to present or future time and the second to the pst.

[RonBee]

You might just as well go home. -- a suggestion about what a person should do
You might just as well have gone home -- An opinion about what a person should have done.

~R

[udara sankalpa]

Hello there
Many thanks for your replies. Also, may I know the negative form of this structure

Is it;

-you might just as well have not gone home.

Warm regards
Udara

[RonBee]

Hello there
Many thanks for your replies. Also, may I know the negative form of this structure

Is it;

-you might just as well have not gone home.

Warm regards
Udara

I guess that would work, but it does seem rather awkward.

~R

[udara sankalpa]

Hello there

Then, do you not use the negative form of this structure in your speech, if you have to

Warm Regards
Udara

[RonBee]

I would say:

You might just as well have stayed where you were.

~R