Use of 'may'

[Offroad]

Dear teachers

Does this sentence read well?

I would like to test engines A, B, C and others the company may have available.

A, B and C represent car makers.

I would have simply used 'has available' subjected to the condition I know they have other cars.

Thank you

 

[MikeNewYork]

Dear teachers

Does this sentence read well?

I would like to test engines A, B, C and others the company may have available.

A, B and C represent car makers.

I would have simply used 'has available' subjected to the condition I know they have other cars.

Thank you

Yes, your sentence is fine.

 

[emsr2d2]

Dear teachers

Does this sentence read well?

I would like to test engines A, B, C and others the company may have available.

A, B and C represent car makers.

I would have simply used 'has available' subjected to the condition I know they have other cars.

Thank you.

I would use either "... the company has/have available" or "... the company might have available". You will find many threads on this forum explaining that "may" means "be allowed to".

The company may offer other engines = The company is allowed to offer other engines.
The company might offer other engines = It is possible that the company offers other engines.

 

[MikeNewYork]

I would use either "... the company has/have available" or "... the company might have available". You will find many threads on this forum explaining that "may" means "be allowed to".

The company may offer other engines = The company is allowed to offer other engines.
The company might offer other engines = It is possible that the company offers other engines.

"May", as well as "might", can be used as a measure of likelihood or possibility. Most people see "may" as more likely than "might".

It may rain tomorrow.
It might rain tomorrow.

 

[probus]

Dear teachers

Does this sentence read well?

I would like to test engines A, B, C and others the company may have available.

A, B and C represent car makers.

I would have simply used 'has available' subjected to the condition I know they have other cars.

Thank you

I agree with you. Neither may nor might is required. The simple "has available" works just fine.

 

[sdpegasus]

How about this structure-

I would like to test engines A, B, C and others that company has to offer.

 

[Rover_KE]

How about this structure-

I would like to test engines A, B, C and others that the company has to offer.

It's OK with 'the'.

 

[emsr2d2]

How about this structure-

I would like to test engines A, B, C and others that company has to offer.

I think it's fine as it is. My initial reaction was to say that it needed "the" before "company". However, I then realised that it might be considered to mean "that company" in which case there is an implied "which" before it.

I would like to test engines A, B and C and others [which] that company has to offer.