English

Contraction

mightn't

1. might not
   • 1974, Mario Vargas Llosa, Conversation in the Cathedral: A Novel‎, Harper & Row (First Rayo Edition, 2005), page 275:

     "But at night she would still think the same thing: mightn't it be that he wouldn't come to see her anymore?"

   • 1963, Perry Mason, The Case of the Greek Goddess (Television Season 6, Episode 25)

     “But, mightn’t there have been something unusual about the Stimatis contract itself?” [Perry Mason cross-examining Roger Correll.]

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See also

• Appendix:English modal verbs
• Appendix:English tag questions