- - Back to the Test - #47
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Nevadaref
Wed Dec 13, 2006 03:49am
Hawkeye,
I think that you have a point, but I also think that you overread the question.
Jurassic Referee
Wed Dec 13, 2006 07:39am
Quote:
Originally Posted by HawkeyeCubP
Now I just hope my headache goes away.
It may...or it may not.
IREFU2
Wed Dec 13, 2006 10:13am
Quote:
Originally Posted by BadNewsRef
May v. Shall: very different meanings
May not v. shall not: take on basically the same meaning but still slightly differ
Look at it this way: "You may not go home" has the same meaning as "You shall not go home". However, "You may go home" does not have the same meaning as "You shall go home".
May = "is/are permitted to"
May not = "is/are not permitted to"
Shall = "is/are directed to"
Shall not = "is/are directed not to"
Replace shall, shall not, may, & may not with the phrases in quotes whenever you see a question and then answer it.
