{"id":903,"date":"2023-08-17T07:04:09","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T03:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sureshdinakaran.com\/blog\/?p=903"},"modified":"2023-08-17T07:04:21","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T03:04:21","slug":"the-might-of-a-5-letter-word-called-might","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sureshdinakaran.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/17\/the-might-of-a-5-letter-word-called-might\/","title":{"rendered":"The Might of a 5 Letter Word Called Might"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Might of a 5 Letter Word Called Might<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
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The natural law is tooth and claw. All else is error.<\/span><\/div>\n
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When used as a noun,\u00a0<\/span>might<\/span><\/i>\u00a0means\u00a0<\/span>a person’s power or strength, like the\u00a0<\/span>might<\/span><\/i>\u00a0it takes to get a stuck lid off a jar of peanut butter, or the impressive power of a group, like a country’s military\u00a0<\/span>might<\/i><\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Might<\/span><\/i>\u00a0is also a verb used to\u00a0<\/span>express possibility<\/span><\/i>, like when you\u00a0<\/span>might<\/span><\/i>\u00a0go for a walk if it doesn’t rain.<\/span><\/span>
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Here, the discourse is the latter- the one that\u00a0<\/span>expresses possibility<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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The \u2018might<\/span><\/i><\/span>\u2019 in \u201cthis\u00a0might<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>work<\/i>.\u201d An approach designed by hope, optimism and wanting to take the leap of faith.<\/span><\/div>\n
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The propensity to take a call, embark on an initiative, make a generous assertion about things you can’t be sure of.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Many hands make light work. Extending the analogy, many a ‘\u00a0might<\/i><\/span>\u00a0‘, will add up, compound and make things work.<\/span><\/div>\n

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Was it\u00a0Bismark<\/b>\u00a0who quoted ‘\u00a0Might is Right<\/span><\/i>\u00a0‘? Though he\u00a0was referring to the other\u00a0might,\u00a0<\/span>when used as a noun. We rather use\u00a0<\/span>might<\/span><\/i>\u00a0as a\u00a0<\/span>verb<\/span><\/i>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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ENDS<\/b><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Might of a 5 Letter Word Called Might The natural law is tooth and claw. All else is error. \u00a0 When used as a noun,\u00a0might\u00a0means\u00a0a person’s power or strength, like the\u00a0might\u00a0it takes to get a stuck lid off a jar of peanut butter, or the impressive power of a group, like a country’s military\u00a0might.\u00a0 … Continue reading “The Might of a 5 Letter Word Called Might”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1849,1853,1851,1439,1645,1286,1848,1850,1537,1229,405,1852,1538],"class_list":["post-903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-bismark","tag-claw","tag-error","tag-faith","tag-generous","tag-hope","tag-might","tag-natural-law","tag-noun","tag-optimism","tag-possibility","tag-tooth","tag-verb"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sureshdinakaran.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sureshdinakaran.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sureshdinakaran.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sureshdinakaran.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sureshdinakaran.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=903"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.sureshdinakaran.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":906,"href":"https:\/\/www.sureshdinakaran.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/903\/revisions\/906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sureshdinakaran.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sureshdinakaran.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sureshdinakaran.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}