might should
English
Verb
might should
- (double modal / stacked modal, used in some dialectal, chiefly Southern US) should perhaps (used to soften "should" and make it less of a command)
- 2005, Holly Hughes, Best Food Writing 2005, →ISBN, page 164:
- I've noticed how my knees, lower back, neck, and temples hurt pretty much continuously. I'm thinking that I might should go back to my old midmorning ways, pop those Vienna tops more often, and dice peppers like there's no tomorrow.
- 2008, George Singleton, Work Shirts for Madmen, →ISBN, page 58:
- I opened the back of my refrigeration truck and, for the first time, understood that I might should go ahead and turn it back into a regular pickup.
- 2011, Melissa Fenton, A Moral Compass, →ISBN:
- His sister stopped by the laundry mat to say hello and I told her what I was about to do and said she might should go by the house once he got off work, just to be there for him.
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Usage notes
The conjugation (with the full verb "go", for example) is:
- I might should go.
- You might should go, John.
- She might should go.
- We might should go.
- Y'all might should go. / Both of you might should go.
- They might should go.
See also
- might can, might could
- double modal, stacked modal; modal stacking