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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]]”.
-A prime minister who did likewise.
+“[[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''.
-A modal {{tag|verb}} which, in the argot of a [[Mediocre lawyer|lawyer]], expresses optionality, but is written “[[shall be entitled]]” or, if she wants to be [[bloody minded]] about stating the [[bleeding obvious]] (and which lawyer can stop herself being [[bloody minded]] from time-to time?) “[[may, but shall not be obliged to]]”. Or even “[[may, but shall not be obligated to|may, but shall not be ''obligated'' to]]”. May God stike down whoever first confected ''that'' ghastly formulation.
-“[[May]]” confers an ''[[option]]'', 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''.
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