You might ( like | want ) to-INFINITIVE – English Grammar Profiler
Here are two advanced examples of polite suggestions or advice:
I was thinking, today,
I thought you might like to try something a little bit different,
something a little bit special.
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You know,
you might want to consider taking it easy yourself.
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In the English Grammar Profile, B1 point 92 in MODALITY is defined as:
‘might’ to make polite suggestions and give advice.
However, in the English Vocabulary Profile, you might like/want to… = C1 used to politely suggest something.
We cannot automatically check a corpus for usage, but we can follow the EGP examples which both contain the pronoun ‘you’.
An iWeb search for:
You might * * *
1 YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO 32578
You might be able to use a hammer to fix it.
2 YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER 13801 3 YOU MIGHT WANT TO CHECK 8648 4 YOU MIGHT ALSO WANT TO 7461 5 YOU MIGHT WANT TO TRY 6864 6 YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN 6788 7 YOU MIGHT NOT BE ABLE 6117 8 YOU MIGHT WANT TO LOOK 5112 9 YOU MIGHT WANT TO USE 4728 10 YOU MIGHT WANT TO TAKE 4591 11 YOU MIGHT NOT WANT TO 4290 12 YOU MIGHT BE SURPRISED TO 4093 13 YOU MIGHT WANT TO DO 3564 14 YOU MIGHT BE TEMPTED TO 3301 15 YOU MIGHT WANT TO GET 2962 16 YOU MIGHT THINK . 2941 17 YOU MIGHT WANT TO THINK 2713 18 YOU MIGHT BE SURPRISED AT 2623 19 YOU MIGHT WANT TO ADD 2553 20 YOU MIGHT BE BETTER OFF 2546 21 YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE 2500 22 YOU MIGHT WANT TO MAKE 2425 23 YOU MIGHT WANT TO HAVE 2423 24 YOU MIGHT WANT TO GO 2287 25 YOU MIGHT HAVE NOTICED THAT 2101 26 YOU MIGHT END UP WITH 2083 27 YOU MIGHT WANT TO START 2006 28 YOU MIGHT WANT TO GIVE 1919 29 YOU MIGHT HAVE. 1909 30 YOU MIGHT AS WELL JUST 1847 31 YOU MIGHT WANT TO READ 1846 32 YOU MIGHT WANT TO KEEP 1836 33 YOU MIGHT EVEN BE ABLE 1832 34 YOU MIGHT WANT TO KNOW 1781 35 YOU MIGHT WANT TO ASK 1635 36 YOU MIGHT AS WELL BE 1622 37 YOU MIGHT EVEN WANT TO 1597 38 YOU MIGHT AS WELL GET 1595 39 YOU MIGHT FIND THAT YOU 1586 40 YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT 1498 41 YOU MIGHT BE THINKING, 1491 42 YOU MIGHT HAVE GUESSED, 1487 43 YOU MIGHT SAY, ” 1469 44 YOU MIGHT BE WONDERING WHY 1447 45 YOU MIGHT BE SURPRISED BY 1370 46 YOU MIGHT BE WONDERING WHAT 1343 47 YOU MIGHT WANT TO BE 1326 48 YOU MIGHT EXPECT, THE 1279 49 YOU MIGHT JUST WANT TO 1278 50 YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD OF 1273 51 YOU MIGHT HAVE TO PAY 1271 52 YOU MIGHT ALSO BE INTERESTED 1253 53 YOU MIGHT THINK THAT THE 1219 54 YOU MIGHT WANT TO CHANGE 1217 55 YOU MIGHT BE LOOKING FOR 1214 56 YOU MIGHT WANT TO PUT 1209 57 YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED TO 1198 58 YOU MIGHT HAVE TO DO 1131 59 YOU MIGHT WANT TO SEE 1131 60 YOU MIGHT AS WELL GO 1126 61 YOU MIGHT BE FAMILIAR WITH 1124 62 YOU MIGHT EXPECT . 1094 63 YOU MIGHT AS WELL HAVE 1078 64 YOU MIGHT BE WONDERING HOW 1070 65 YOU MIGHT EXPECT FROM A 1048 66 YOU MIGHT NOT BE AWARE 1045 67 YOU MIGHT NEED TO USE 1031 68 YOU MIGHT HAVE TO WAIT 1029 69 YOU MIGHT BE THINKING THAT 1022 70 YOU MIGHT NEED TO DO 1013 71 YOU MIGHT WANT TO AVOID 1010 72 YOU MIGHT BE ASKING YOURSELF 993
73 YOU MIGHT LIKE TO KNOW 973 not all are polite suggestions. This phrase is used to introduce new information rather politely though.
Because you might like to know that
I play golf with him at the West Brumley, regularly.
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74 YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE THE 963
75 YOU MIGHT LIKE TO TRY 960 76 YOU MIGHT BE ASKED TO 935 77 YOU MIGHT BE SURPRISED HOW 933 78 YOU MIGHT FIND THAT THE 932 79 YOU MIGHT NOT NEED TO 932 80 YOU MIGHT AS WELL DO 929 81 YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE TO 914 82 YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW IS 885 83 YOU MIGHT AS WELL MAKE 871 84 YOU MIGHT THINK THAT YOU 836 85 YOU MIGHT GET AWAY WITH 831 86 YOU MIGHT WANT TO WAIT 830 87 YOU MIGHT ALSO BE ABLE 811 88 YOU MIGHT WANT TO CREATE 808 89 YOU MIGHT BE USED TO 806 90 YOU MIGHT AS WELL USE 804 91 YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE HEARD 801 92 YOU MIGHT ALSO NEED TO 796
93 YOU MIGHT WANT TO BRING 792
94 YOU MIGHT NEED TO MAKE 774
PELIC student example:
To go over it, you might need to make time when you can be alone.
Korean Female level 4 writing class.
95 YOU MIGHT FIND YOURSELF IN 769 96 YOU MIGHT BE A LITTLE 767 97 YOU MIGHT HAVE TO GO 761 98 YOU MIGHT WANT TO INCLUDE 754 99 YOU MIGHT WANT TO RECONSIDER 754
100 YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE A 752
A2: able, add, away, bring, by, check, even, guessed, include, interested, just, keep, might, off, surprised, try, yourself B1: avoid, consider, create, end up, expect, familiar, noticed, wondering B2: aware, tempted C1:
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