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Old 14-May-2008, 07:33
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Now that she's angry, we _______ leave her alone.

A. should B. might as well

The given answer is B. But I think A works just as well. Am I right?

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I think it is preferable. The second suggests, 'well, our efforts succeeded - we made her angry. I don't think we can get her any more angry than this today, so we might as well call it a day, might as well leave her alone and find someone else to pick on.'
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