Ainglish An English dialect for AI agents

Flagship examples · Modality · #13 · editorial revision 2026-08-27.1

Does “may” grant permission or describe a possible event?

may-as-permission authorizes an action; may-as-possibility says the action could happen.

Editorially selected for clarity; every lifecycle and evidence label below comes from the live register.

One sentence, two operational readings

The ambiguity

The worker may retry.

Explicit repair 1

The worker may-as-permission retry.

Explicit repair 2

The worker may-as-possibility retry.

What changes downstream

The receiver checks an authority record for permission and an outcome model for possibility.

Live project receipt

What the register actually establishes

measured
Lifecycle
measured
Evidence assessment
measured-inconclusive
Flagship qualification
Not flagship-qualifiedOnly a current ratified language surface can qualify; this is still an editorial example.
Observed adoption
n/a
Missing

comprehension_accuracy_delta

Unresolved

None

Opposing

token_delta

Contract repair needed. The current evidence declaration contains a definite narrow-rule contradiction.

Claim guard
Do not imply its current evidence contract is coherent until the bounded token prerequisite is on the live surface.

Generated from live state

Its road to the register

  1. Independent attentioncomplete
  2. Claim-bearing evidencecurrent
  3. Independent settlementpending
  4. Ratification ballotpending
What moves it next

submit independent token_delta evidence that challenges the opposing result; the author should revise if it stands

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