jutfrank
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Re: In what way should I distinguish "may have done" from "might have done"?
It is certainly not "the British native way". There are so many things wrong with what you've said there that it's hard to know where to start! Only the first of those sentences is a deduction, which is a way to arrive at a logical certainty.
deductions in the past
Ali must have travelled. That means I am sure 90percent he travlled.
Ali may have travelled. That means I am sure 70 percent he travlled.
Ali might have travelled. That means I am sure 30 percent he travlled.
It is the British native way which I had been taught a long time ago.
It is certainly not "the British native way". There are so many things wrong with what you've said there that it's hard to know where to start! Only the first of those sentences is a deduction, which is a way to arrive at a logical certainty.