Re: 'might' vs. 'may'

[Julie Gephart <jm_gephart -at- PNL -dot- GOV>]

In article <aahzCxML5M -dot- 9sn -at- netcom -dot- com>, aahz -at- netcom -dot- com (Aahz) wrote:

> What (if any) opinions do people have about the comparative worth of the
> following two statements:

>    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.

The first points out a potential situation--if this doesn't happen, an
omission may take place that, presumably, would be bad.

The second implies that permission or ability to detect the boards is
denied.

I wouldn't often (if ever) use the latter implication in any manual or
instructions.
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Julie Gephart, practicing random acts of editing.