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{{a|plainenglish|}}A month which promises much but so often disappoints. | {{a|plainenglish|{{image|discretion and compulsion|jpeg|''The Unbearbable Tension Between Compulsion And Choice'' {{vsr|1906}}}}}}{{d|May||n., modal v}} | ||
#(''n.'') A month which promises much but so often disappoints. | |||
# (''n.'') A prime minister who did likewise. | |||
# (''modal v.'') A modal [[verb]] which expresses optionality, but is commonly articulated by lawyers as “[[shall be entitled]]” or, if they want to be [[bloody minded]] it (and which lawyer does not?) “[[may, but shall not be obliged to]]”. Or even “[[may, but shall not be obligated to|may, but shall not be ''obligated'' to]]”. | |||
“[[May]]” confers an ''[[discretion]]'', not an ''[[obligation]]''. There is one time that you should use this expression in a [[contract]]: when you are conferring on a party a right that party ''would not otherwise have''. | |||
“[[May]]” confers an ''[[ | |||
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