He stopped so that I might catch up.
Is "might" correct? Should "might have caught up" be used instead?
Thank you very much.
Is "might" correct? Should "might have caught up" be used instead?
Thank you very much.
It looks rather old-fashioned to me. You give no context, but it's more likely to have been used in the first part of the 20th century than in the 21st. Today most people would use "could".He stopped so that I might catch up.
Sounds BE to me. AE would say "could" (with the meaning "was able to"). We're talking about a fact, not a maybe.He stopped so that I might catch up.
Exactly! And that's where I sense a nuance of difference between 'might' and 'could' (provided the context supports this reading):In the OP, "so that I might catch up" means "so that I would be able to catch up", "to allow me to catch up".