mption of possible actions which may occur, but it might not happen. The verb may in this value can be used as perfect and imperfect infinitive .: It may rain tomorrow.may be away from home tomorrow.modal verb may is used to Express assumptions, the plausibility of the speaker who is not sure:
. In combination with the Indefinite Infinitive to Express assumptions relating to the present or the future. In this case, the verb may be translated into English means may be possible, and the infinitive of the verb in present or future time. The combination may with the infinitive can also be translated into the Russian language combination can with the infinitive:: He may not know her address.may come to Moscow in the summer.may used Continuous Infinitive, when it was suggested that the action happens at the moment of speech :: Where is he?- He may be walking in the garden.expressing assumptions may be used in the negative form :: He may not know her address. may not find him there.
. In combination with the Perfect Infinitive of the verb may mean in relation to this time the assumption about the possibility of taking any action (or state) in the past .: He may have left Moscow.
He may have lost your home - address.
It is interesting to note that the verb may in the value assumption is very common in the artistic and scientific literature; for the latter it is more common use of the word may with perfect infinitive.
Professor LC Barkhudarov writes about using forms might that in combination might with the perfect infinitive form expresses a conjecture about the possibility of something, and the assumption with a high degree of uncertainty and doubt.
Ex: I don`t know how long the silence lasted. It might have been for half an hourbination might c the perfect form of the infinitive can expresses also a proposed action, which is obviously impossible .: Had she been fourteen instead of twenty-four, she might have been changed by then (but she was twenty-four, conservative by nature and upbringing) .should be noted that the form might in value assumptions is mainly used in affirmative sentences. If might have a negation, it is not related to the assumption, and to the action (or state) expressed by the infinitive., The verbs should and ought are the two forms of the same verb expressing obligation. But with the development of language they denote different meanings in modern language, these verbs are already used separately and they are treated as two separate verb. Like the other modal verbs, the verb should lose their value, desirability and other than duties, also indicates an assumption based on facts .: It should be about five now [12,9] .verb ought is used in a similar way, expressing conditional, based on certain circumstances, the probability. Ought loses its original meaning and also expresses an assumption based on factsbination of verbs should and ought to with imperfect infinitive indicates a combination of assumptions and the proposed action (or state), the combination with the perfect infinitive is on the precedence of the proposed action expressed assumption. It should be noted that the verbs should and ought are interchangeable .: If he started at nine he ought to be (should be) here by four [11,7] .left at nine, so they ought to (should) have arrived by now.author is a well-known expert, so his book ought to be (should be) reliable.should (ought to) please you [13,17] .should and ought to in the meaning of assumption can be used not only in affirmative and negative sentence, and denial is not related to the assumption, and to the action (or state) expressed by the infinitive :: It ought not to be very hard to find a man ... [13,15] .verb can- could in value assumptions used mainly in negative sentences (rarely in question) or in such affirmative form sentences in which lexically specified for the no action and limited (by words few, little, only, hardly, scarcely, etc). The verb can be used with both imperfect and perfect infinitive. In combination with the perfect infinitive verb can by denial means the impossibility of any action or some condition in the present. The verb can in this value inherent in an emphatic tone, and he bears emphasis :: You can`t really love me, or you wouldn t hesitate [12,6] bination of negative forms of the verb can with perfect infinitive means made this assumption about the improbability that the action (or state) has occurred in the past :: You can`t have tried.
Shades of meaning belief, wonder modal verb can save and in interrogative sentences:
Ex: What on earth can he be doing? modal predicate with the verb can (with negation) value assumptions correspond in English complex sentence beginning with the words can not be that ... raquo ;, or...
