 87  Предлагаемый текст составлен на основе учебника Н А.Кобриной и др. •'Грамматика английского языка" (М., “Просвещение", 1985 г.). предназна ценного для студентов институтов иностранных языков. MAY This modal verb has two forms: may for the present tense and might for the past. The form might is used: a) in indirect speech according to the rules of the sequence of tenses (though the verb could is preferable in this case) He told me that I might go. The librarian told the man that he might take the book home. b) in some syntactical patterns. However hard he might try, he will never manage to do the same. I’ve brought you the book so that you may write your paper. I. May followed by the indefinite infinitive expresses: 1. Permission (разрешение). In this usage it e\presses-the meaning to have permission to, to be allowed to, to be permitted to You may go now (you are allowed to go). May we leave this with you? (Are we allowed to...? Are we permitted to...? Is it all nght if we leave it here?) The first two variants are formal, the last is informal. Might is used in polite requests for permission. Might / use your telephone, please? I wonder if / might borrow your book. 87 |
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