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Subject:"may' vs. 'might' From:Watson Laughton <LAUGHTON%ALLOY -dot- BITNET -at- PUCC -dot- PRINCETON -dot- EDU> Date:Fri, 14 Oct 1994 14:51:00 EDT
> If the board IDs are not consecutive, the bootstrap loader might not
> detect some of the boards.
> If the board IDs are not consecutive, the bootstrap loader may not
> detect some of the boards.
I would go with the "may is more likely than might" approach. If non-
consecutive board ID's could *possibly* result in the bootstrap loader
not detecting them, I'd say "might"; if it's pretty likely that non-
consecutive ID's would result in the same failure, then I'd use "may".
laughton%alloy -dot- bitnet -at- pucc -dot- princeton -dot- edu
