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Sentence #268666

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 qdii qdii November 4, 2010 November 4, 2010 at 2:34:44 PM UTC link Permalink

I know, it's just that I had a friend from Canada (English-spoken) right there who saw the sentence and instinctly said "no this is wrong you cannot say 'may as well', you should say 'might as well' ".
I asked her whether "may" couldn't be said, but she was positive on that. So I decided to change it.

But as non-English native I cannot say.

If you're 100% certain that "may as well" can be said, please add the sentence :)

saeb saeb November 5, 2010 November 5, 2010 at 9:43:21 PM UTC link Permalink

I've added back the original

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➜ #145896食べ物はよくかむほうがよい。

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You may as well chew your food well.

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You might as well chew your food well.

edited by qdii, November 4, 2010
➜ #603762You may as well chew your food well.

linked by saeb, November 5, 2010
➜ #603762You may as well chew your food well.

unlinked by saeb, November 5, 2010
➜ #1546991Yemeğini iyi çiğnesen iyi olur.

linked by eminyilmazki, April 24, 2012