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code: MDMM
mfte_code: MDMM
bohmann_number:
  - 15
  - 16
name: Modals MAY and MIGHT
definition: The modal verbs "may" and "might".
normalization: finite_verbs
parent: POMD_ALL
detection:
- source: mfte
  requires:
  - lemma
  - pos
  cql: '[lemma={words} & pos="MD"]'
  words:
  - may
  - might
- source: pybiber
  requires:
  - lemma
  - pos
  cql: '[lemma={words} & pos="MD"]'
  words:
  - may
  - might
examples:
- text: _May_ I have a word with you?
  source: le_foll_2024
- text: But it _might_ not be enough.
  source: le_foll_2024
sources:
- biber_1988
- mfte
- bohmann_2019
notes: Part of Biber's grouped "possibility modals". Key hedging markers.