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Postoji li suptilna razlika u semantici između may have beeni might have been?

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Rebecca

Generalno, mogu se koristiti zamenljivo! Međutim, postoje neke razlike u tonu. May have beenje malo formalniji od might, a odaje i utisak ubeđenja, dok might have beenprenosi ton da zaista postoji malo izvesnosti. Primer: I'm sorry I missed your call. I may have been at the store then. (Izvinite što se nisam javljao na telefon, mislim da sam u to vreme bio u prodavnici.) Primer: Jane might have received the parcel, but I'm not too sure. (mislim da je Džejn primila paket, ali nisam sigurna.) Primer: People might have been nervous to go on the new ride. = People may have been nervous to go on the new ride. (Ljudi su možda malo nervozni zbog nove vožnje.)

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