might not + bare infinitive – English Grammar Profiler

‘Might not + infinitive‘ means that there is a chance someone or something won’t do something or something won’t happen.

PELIC STUDENT EXAMPLE:

Even though she has a very good relationship with children, she might not be good at raising them.

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TLC STUDENT SPEAKING TEST EXAMPLE:

I might not earn as much as others do.

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An iWeb search for:

might _XX _VVI

1 MIGHT NOT KNOW 12293

You guys might not know this, but I consider myself a bit of a loner.

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2 WANT 9556 3 WORK 8820 4 GET 8374 5 SEEM 7198 6 LIKE 4982 7 MAKE 4772 8 NEED 4350 9 SEE 3886 10 THINK 3664 11 SOUND 3299 12 LOOK 2661 13 REALIZE 2549 14 FEEL 2336 15 FIND 1937 16 COME 1921 17 NOTICE 1825 18 UNDERSTAND 1784 19 HAPPEN 1776 20 EXPECT 1689 21 GO 1515 22 FIT 1479 23 AGREE 1361 24 TAKE 1271 25 MATTER 1066 26 GIVE 1058 27 HELP 996 28 CARE 969 29 SHOW 957 30 USE 918 31 MEAN 909 32 APPLY 862 33 LAST 845 34 REMEMBER 831 35 BELIEVE 778 36 APPEAR 753 37 EXIST 721 38 RECOGNIZE 715 39 CONSIDER 677 40 SURVIVE 677 41 HOLD 622 42 MATCH 609 43 END 591 44 PROVIDE 587 45 REALISE 569 46 WIN 560 47 MEET 537 48 APPRECIATE 525 49 PLAY 513 50 ALLOW 509 51 RECEIVE 499 52 HEAR 495 53 ENJOY 480 54 PAY 480 55 SUIT 470 56 OFFER 466 57 HURT 455 58 CHANGE 445

59 SUPPORT 440

The following example might be considered B2 NEGATION.

Many Americans might not support sending troops to defend Ukraine.

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60 TURN 430 61 MIND 412 62 LIVE 412 63 COVER 397 64 REACH 387 65 QUALIFY 379 66 APPEAL 371 67 INCLUDE 365 68 REQUIRE 363 69 OCCUR 358 70 SAY 348 71 TELL 342 72 BOTHER 341 73 LET 339 74 RETURN 330 75 RUN 326 76 CAUSE 296 77 BECOME 292 78 AFFECT 290 79 START 289 80 ACCEPT 285 81 REFLECT 277 82 PRODUCE 273 83 LOVE 270 84 STOP 264 85 BUY 256 86 CATCH 249 87 CHOOSE 241 88 STAND 240 89 STAY 240 90 FALL 236 91 KEEP 235 92 SELL 234

93 LEAD 233

Some assumptions might not lead to contradictions without making further assumptions.

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94 PASS 232 95 SHARE 232 96 BRING 227 97 RESPOND 221 98 PUT 217 99 SAVE 216

100 CONTAIN 207

B1 verbs ranked by frequency in iWeb corpus:

1 SUPPORT 5825565 2 PROVIDE 4965241 3 ALLOW 2549254 4 LEAD 2472499 5 APPLY 2127705 6 CONSIDER 2090509 7 SEEM 1899313 8 REQUIRE 1664251 9 REACH 1585511 10 EXPECT 1583553 11 APPEAR 1307884 12 PRODUCE 1261352 13 ACCEPT 908603 14 CONTAIN 809807 15 REALIZE 705796 16 EXIST 667059

17 RECOGNIZE 511528