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What is the difference between He might use this machine. and He may have used this machine. ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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The first means he might use the machine in the present or future. The second. He used a machine like it in the past. It might be this exact machine.
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āHe might use this machineā implies that he has yet to use the machine but could in the future. āHe may have used this machineā implies that he could have already used the machine in the past.
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The first sentence implies that he could use the machine in the future. The second sentence implies the past. Did he use the machine before?
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