some serious flowers up in that attic

[musesfool]

Dear fandom,

Please learn the different difference* between may and might. And until you do, please stop using may, because you're doing it wrong.

annoyed,

me

*

I just ate some frozen grapes and watched last week's Psych and

Comments

[florahart]

You have no idea how often I correct may --> might in beta reading. Heh.

[musesfool]

Oh, I believe it. It seems to be one of the most common errors made in the stories - otherwise well and correctly written stories - I read. I admit, sometimes I am unsure about the usage, so I either reword the sentence or go with might. *snerk*

pssst --

[tzikeh]

Are you still looking for Wishing Well?

Re: pssst --

[musesfool]

I am!

[spectralbovine]

I agree about The Middleman comic. It's good, but he made it better in the show.

Explain to me the difference between may and might! I may know, or I might not.

[musesfool]

You're very clever! I think already know!

I find it most misused when people are writing in past tense but still use "may" instead of "might."

And yeah, the comic is enjoyable, but the show was emotionally involving.

[tzikeh]

Right-click-save.

[musesfool]

Awesome. Thank you!

[askmehow]

Please learn the different between may and might.

Heee! Where did you see this?

[musesfool]

I think the more pertinent - and sad - question is, where HAVEN'T I seen this? In otherwise well-written stories, people are still using may where they should be using might!

Though of course, clearly any bitching about other people's grammar must contain errors by the complainer.