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Staff: I would suggest you may try. ... would suggest you may try the ATM" sounds like the speaker is hesitant about possibly being helpful. Forums Dictionarysearch:  English-Spanish English-French English-Italian English-German English-Dutch English-Russian English-Portuguese English-Polish English-Romanian English-Swedish English-Czech English-Greek English-Turkish English-Chinese English-Japanese English-Korean English-Arabic Spanish-English French-English Italian-English German-English Dutch-English Russian-English Portuguese-English Polish-English Romanian-English Swedish-English Czech-English Greek-English Turkish-English Chinese-English Japanese-English Korean-English Arabic-English Spanish-French Spanish-Portuguese Spanish-Catalan French-Spanish Portuguese-Spanish Englishdefinition Englishsynonyms Englishcollocations Englishusage Italiandefinition Spanishdefinition Spanishsynonyms Catalandefinition Spanish French Italian Login Register What'snew Search Rules/Help/FAQ Members InterfaceLanguage Menu Login Register Installtheapp Install EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Youareusinganoutofdatebrowser.Itmaynotdisplaythisorotherwebsitescorrectly.Youshouldupgradeoruseanalternativebrowser. Isuggestyoumay Threadstarter GeogeHalin Startdate Sep18,2014 G GeogeHalin SeniorMember HK-China Japanese Hellomembers! IwasatthebanktodayandIheardthestaffsaidtotheman, Man:WhatdoIdo?Ineedsomecashnow! Staff:IwouldsuggestyoumaytrytheATM. Isitokaytosay"suggestyoumaydosomething"? Idon'tthinkyoucanusesuggestandmaytogether.Ithinkitshouldbe"IwouldsuggestyoutrytheATM." Whatdoyouthink? Thankyou!   C Cagey postmod(EnglishOnly/Latin) California English-US IspeakAmericanEnglish,andIwouldsaywhatyouwouldsay:"IwouldsuggestyoutrytheATM",or,moreprobably,"IsuggestyoutrytheATM." However,thevarietiesofEnglishdifferintheconstructionstheywouldusehere.Speakersofadifferentvarietymightsayitdifferently.Whereisthisbank?   Lastedited:Sep18,2014 KHS SeniorMember Charlotte,NorthCarolina,USA USA-EnglishL1 IagreewithCagey.IfyouwereinthebankinHongKong,it'squitepossiblethatyouwerehearingastructureusedinHKbutnotintheUS(thatIknowof).   perpend Banned AmericanEnglish Iagreethatyourownconstructionisbest,Geoge.Ialsoagreewiththeothers. There'ssomethingaboutitthatmaysoundbetterwith"might"anda"that". IwouldsuggestthatyoumighttryanATM. Now,ifyouelide"that"andreplace"might"with"may",youget:IwouldsuggestyoumaytryanATM. Maybenotthemostidiomatic,butIcouldn'tconsideritincorrect. Forme,"may"and"might"cansometimesbecloseinmeaning.   G GeogeHalin SeniorMember HK-China Japanese Ithinksaying"IwouldsuggestyoutrytheATM."ispolite(enough),isthatright?? Ijustthinkaddingmodelverbslikemightandmayiskindofawkwardhere;whenyouaresuggestingsomething,areyouquitesureaboutit? Andyes,abankinHongKong,aChinesesaidit.   G GeogeHalin SeniorMember HK-China Japanese perpendsaid: Iagreethatyourownconstructionisbest,Geoge.Ialsoagreewiththeothers. There'ssomethingaboutitthatmaysoundbetterwith"might"anda"that". IwouldsuggestthatyoumighttryanATM. Now,ifyouelide"that"andreplace"might"with"may",youget:IwouldsuggestyoumaytryanATM. Maybenotthemostidiomatic,butIcouldn'tconsideritincorrect. Forme,"may"and"might"cansometimesbecloseinmeaning. Clicktoexpand... IthinkinEnglish,peopleuse'might'or'could'tosuggestthingslikeinthiscase. 'May'soundswrong,becausewedonotuseittosuggestthings??   G GeogeHalin SeniorMember HK-China Japanese Wait,ifsomeoneuses'may'(withsuggest),wouldyouthinkthatpersonisgivingyouthepermissiontodosomethingorgivingyouasuggestion? And,canweactuallysay"YoumaytrytheATM."inthiscontext?Willitbeunderstoodasasuggestionorgivingpermission? Pleasehelp!   C Cagey postmod(EnglishOnly/Latin) California English-US "YoumaytrytheATM"soundstomelikepermission. AsIsaidbefore,thismaybedifferentforspeakersofanothervarietyofEnglish.   perpend Banned AmericanEnglish "YoumaytrytheATM"soundsokaytome,forthiscontext. Thisgetsintosubtletiesof"may".ItsoundsokayformyMidwesterntastes. Butagain,Geoge,yourownversionintheOPisthebest.   Andygc SeniorMember Devon BritishEnglish I'ddescribe"Staff:IwouldsuggestyoumaytrytheATM."as'hyper-politeness'tosuchadegreethatitactuallycomesacrossasbeingrude.   G GeogeHalin SeniorMember HK-China Japanese Thankyoueveryone!   F Forero SeniorMember Maumelle,Arkansas,USA USAEnglish "IsuggestyoumaytrytheATM"(="IofferyoutheideathatyoumaytrytheATM")makessensetome,butitdoesnotsaythesamethingas"IsuggestyoutrytheATM"(="Asuggestion:trytheATM"). "IwouldsuggestyoumaytrytheATM"soundslikethespeakerishesitantaboutpossiblybeinghelpful.   Youmustloginorregistertoreplyhere. Share: Facebook Twitter Reddit WhatsApp Email Share Link EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Top