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The next group of modals in the negative start with may not.

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You may not do something.

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Either you are not allowed to do it or it's a negative possibility.

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We don't think there's very much chance of it happening.

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Maybe 50-50.

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So, for example, your mum tells you you may not go to the party on Saturday.

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You're not allowed to go.

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Or it may not rain tomorrow.

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You don't know. It may. It may not. Might not. Might not, like may not, is negative

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possibility. I might not finish my book today. I've still got a lot of pages to read. I might

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not finish it. Can't or cannot. Again, it's not allowed to do something or a negative

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ability for example you can't watch this program you're not allowed to or I can't

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speak Russian I can't speak Russian I don't know how to speak Russian and then

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couldn't could not that is for negative ability in the past for example I

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I couldn't speak English when I was a baby.

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I didn't know how to.

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I couldn't speak English when I was a baby.