Might
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Expressing Possibility / Probability:
- It may/might rain tomorrow. (There is no difference here between may and might)
Requests:
- May we see the menu, please?
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In the Past
Might is not the past of may. However, when referring to a statement about probability made in the past it is more common to use might.
When referring to asking permission or making a request in the past it's more common to use could.
- I asked him if I could take the day off.
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May As Well
- We may/might go as well.
This means that there's a possibility that we will also go; we will go too.
- We may/might as well go.
This means that our best option is to go. If nobody has a better plan then we can/should go.

