might or need?
Moderator: Alan
-
- Rising Star
- Posts: 243
- Joined: Sun Aug 12, 2007 9:04 am
- Location: Singapore
might or need?
Is there anything wrong in saying, "Excuse me, I might need your help." ? When I said this to an officer at an Underground Station in London, he said, "You might or you need." I am not sure whether he was being churlish or cheeky. (He was, by the bye, an immigrant, i.e., not a Caucasian).
- Alan
- Teacher/Moderator
- Posts: 15254
- Joined: Mon Dec 29, 2003 7:56 pm
- Status: Teacher of English
- Location: Japan
Re: might or need?
There is nothing ungrammatical about it, but I also find it strange and am frankly unsurprised at the response that you got. (I also fail to see any relevance in your comment about his presumed ethnicity or socio-political status, neither of which necessarily has any bearing on language ability. )
Henceforth please confine yourself in this forum to questions relating directly to grammar!
Henceforth please confine yourself in this forum to questions relating directly to grammar!