This document provides examples of words that indicate different probabilities from 0% to 100% - negative words like "don't" and "can't" show very low probability, words like "may" and "might" indicate around 50% probability, and positive statements or words like "must" show very high or 100% probability.
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Understanding Probability in Sentences
This document provides examples of words that indicate different probabilities from 0% to 100% - negative words like "don't" and "can't" show very low probability, words like "may" and "might" indicate around 50% probability, and positive statements or words like "must" show very high or 100% probability.
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probability verb example
0% negative sentence I don’t know
Unlikely can’t/couldn’t I can’t know 50%, quite likely could/might/may I may know very likely, quite sure must I must know 100% affirmative sentence I know