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"may" is that English word that non-natives learn too late that it actually means "will". I remember when I first moved to England and my boss told me I may wo
by PunchTornado 2y ago
"may" is that English word that non-natives learn too late that it actually means "will".
I remember when I first moved to England and my boss told me I may work on x and I thought that it is optional so I did something else.
- appendix-rock 2y agoI regularly use may in a way that doesn’t mean “will”. Sorry that you had a bad experience or whatever.
- poincaredisk 2y agoI think that's a British thing (I also worked in the UK for a while and got confused by this).