may adverb – English Grammar Profiler

B2 point 150 in the category of MODALITY is defined as:

‘may’ with an increasing range of adverbs (most commonly ‘even’, ‘only’, ‘already’, ‘never’, ‘just’, ‘sometimes’) in the normal mid-position after the modal verb.

B1 point 70:

 ‘may’ with a limited range of adverbs (most commonly ‘also’) in the normal mid-position after the modal verb

FOR EXAMPLE:

That may also have a similar effect.

An iWeb search for:

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B1

1 MAY ALSO WANT 20903
2 MAY ALSO USE 13170
3 MAY ALSO NEED 11981
4 MAY ALSO HELP 11216
5 MAY ALSO INCLUDE 9186
6 MAY ALSO FIND 8275
7 MAY ALSO CAUSE 6068
8 MAY ALSO CHOOSE 5778

9 MAY ALREADY KNOW 5371

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10 MAY ALSO PROVIDE 5105
11 MAY ALSO OCCUR 4902

12 MAY NEVER KNOW 4687

13 MAY ALSO REQUIRE 4379
14 MAY ALSO APPLY 4329
15 MAY ALSO WISH 4274
16 MAY ALSO CONTACT 4272
17 MAY ALSO LIKE 4235
18 MAY ALSO MAKE 3815
19 MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE 3652
20 MAY ALSO TAKE 3464
21 MAY ALSO SEE 3463

22 MAY EVEN WANT 3328

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23 MAY ALSO CONTAIN 3190

24 MAY EVEN FIND 3133

25 MAY ALSO CONSIDER 3118
26 MAY ALSO COLLECT 2967

27 MAY NEVER GET 2944

28 MAY ALSO LEAD 2923 29 MAY ALSO RESULT 2857 30 MAY ALSO RECEIVE 2847

31 MAY ALSO GET 2845

32 MAY EVEN GET 2822
33 MAY ONLY USE 2768

34 MAY ALSO AFFECT 2727 35 MAY ALSO WORK 2663 36 MAY ALSO ASK 2643

38 MAY STILL NEED 2530
39 MAY ONLY NEED 2519

40 MAY ALSO CALL 2514
41 MAY ALSO INCREASE 2455

42 MAY NEVER SEE 2438 43 MAY JUST WANT 2414 44 MAY ALSO NOTICE 2362 45 MAY ALSO OFFER 2287 46 MAY ADVERSELY AFFECT 2251 47 MAY JUST NEED 2147 48 MAY ALSO FEEL 2126 49 MAY ALSO PLAY 2064 50 MAY WELL FIND 2054 51 MAY ALSO BECOME 2050 52 MAY ALSO CONTRIBUTE 2012 53 MAY ALSO DISCLOSE 1972 54 MAY EVEN HELP 1921 55 MAY ALSO QUALIFY 1911 56 MAY ALSO SHARE 1899 57 MAY ALSO BENEFIT 1871 58 MAY ALSO GIVE 1861 59 MAY ALSO COME 1816 60 MAY ALSO ADD 1813 61 MAY ALSO DEVELOP 1806 62 MAY ALSO REFLECT 1745 63 MAY ALSO REDUCE 1734 64 MAY ALSO TRY 1654 65 MAY ALSO MEAN 1652 66 MAY ALSO SEND 1636 67 MAY ALSO APPEAR 1622 68 MAY EVEN SEE 1609 69 MAY ALSO CHANGE 1556 70 MAY ALSO REFER 1544 71 MAY ALSO INDICATE 1476 72 MAY EVEN MAKE 1450 73 MAY ALSO INVOLVE 1415 74 MAY NEVER COME 1386 75 MAY ALSO SHOW 1373 76 MAY ONLY TAKE 1371 77 MAY STILL WANT 1339 78 MAY ALSO VISIT 1329 79 MAY JUST FIND 1316 80 MAY ALSO SERVE 1304 81 MAY JUST GET 1243 82 MAY EVEN NEED 1207 83 MAY ALSO ENJOY 1204 84 MAY ALSO BRING 1193 85 MAY ALSO ALLOW 1174 86 MAY ALSO ORDER 1160 87 MAY STILL FIND 1144 88 MAY ALSO SUBMIT 1142 89 MAY ALSO RECOMMEND 1122 90 MAY ALSO CHECK 1115 91 MAY ALSO OBTAIN 1091 92 MAY STILL GET 1077 93 MAY ONLY GET 1076 94 MAY EVEN CAUSE 1067 95 MAY ALSO CREATE 1046 96 MAY ACTUALLY HELP 1044 97 MAY ALSO PURCHASE 1031 98 MAY ALSO VARY 1024 99 MAY EVEN FEEL 1015