Or are they both correct but have slightly different usages?
2006-08-06 21:21:42 · 17 answers · asked by DNE 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Both phrases are correct. But might is a weaker form of expression.
Eg;
A) You might as well leave, before security arrives.
Here there is an element of choice.
B) You may as well leave, before security arrives.
Here the advise to leave is stronger than the first. There is an emphasis to do an act (leaving), rather than giving you choice of either leaving or staying.
2006-08-14 08:58:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
May is correct but less used and should mean the less propability of the verb to happen .. might as well is the widely used phrase ..
2006-08-06 23:26:24 · answer #2 · answered by ohwaw 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
all wrong answers they both are correct depneding on the context of the sentence ie "you may as well have left" you" you might as well just leave"
2006-08-06 21:27:31 · answer #3 · answered by kartoon529 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
might as well....i dont think may as well a correct one.
2006-08-06 21:25:56 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both are correct.
2006-08-13 18:30:35 · answer #5 · answered by RY 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
May as well, I suppose, is more correct, though both are slang.
2006-08-13 01:18:09 · answer #6 · answered by skaretaktik 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
might as well is the term used in the english language
2006-08-06 21:25:47 · answer #7 · answered by wise 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"might as well" is more correct. i've never heard of anybody using "may as well".
2006-08-06 21:24:41 · answer #8 · answered by simse 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
may as well
2006-08-12 02:57:51 · answer #9 · answered by doo5time 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I might as well answer this, but I'll answer in May as well.
2006-08-10 22:13:33 · answer #10 · answered by Companion Wulf 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋