3 difficult english questions... Please ans it seriously =]

Actually it is not exactly complicated.

For the second q. the difference between them is :
may:
used to express possibility:
There may be other problems that we don't know about.
I may see you tomorrow before I leave.
The cause of the accident may never be discovered.
The explosion may have been caused by a faulty electrical connection.
We'd better not interfere - she may not like it.
There may be some evidence to suggest she's guilty, but it's hardly conclusive.

might:
used to express the possibility that something will happen or be done, or that something is true although not very likely:
I might come and visit you in America next year, if I can save enough money.
Don't go any closer - it might be dangerous/it mightn't be safe.
Driving so fast, he might have had a nasty accident (= it could have happened but it did not).
The rain might have stopped by now.

also they have the other difference:
may:
used to ask or give permission:
A reader may borrow up to six books at any one time.
"May I help myself to some more food?" "Yes, of course."
might:
used as a more polite form of may when asking for permission and usuall in UK:
Might I ask a question?
I wonder if I might have a quick look at your newspaper.

You can also find them in lots of dictionaries.

For the third question.
Well-meaning is adjective
wanting to have a good effect, but not always achieving one:
I know he's well-meaning, but I wish he'd leave us alone.
Well-meant is also an adj.
but we use it to describe wt ppl said or done.
Easy right?

However for the first one ... please give me some thimes =)

I am also answering to your question as I understand it, not as a studied grammarian.

Answer 1. As far as I remember, the indefinite article 'the' covers one and all of the nouns after it, so no repetition of the article is necessary. It is particularly noted that the use of the indefinite article 'an' depends on the noun immediately after it, in this case 'event'

Answer 2. The use of 'may' is simply a polite way of asking permission of doing something, e.g. May I accompany you on this visit? Or simply that something is going to happen, e.g. It may soon rain. The use of 'might' stresses the possibility of such an action, e.g. Might I accompany you on this visit? Or it might rain soon. The first question means you are not very familiar with the person you are speaking to, and that you feel you are obliged to accompany him on this visit, so you are asking whether you are allowed to do so. The second statement means that according to your experience, because the sky is dark with clouds, it is very possible that it may rain.

Answer 3. Well-meaning and well-meant are distinct adjectives, but the difference may be fine and easily mixed up.
Well-meaning means the opposite of having an evil meaning. e.g. His well-meaning remarks made his audience happy.
Well-meant means having an intention of meaning well. e.g. His well-meant remarks was interpreted as insincere and ironical.



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2008-03-16 19:48:52 補充：
In answer to your supplementary question, you are expressing a "wish".
Just like "Long live the Queen." is "May the Queen live long."

errrr this is really hard... you seriously need a crazy grammar teacher to get this right off hand.

as for question one, I really don`t know. a commonly used variant (seriously I don`t know whether that is strictly grammatically correct or not) is `an event, invention or a person`. maybe the answer to your question is that the indefinite article can work for every noun behind it since every one of them there is indefinite? if there is a specific `invention` that is being referred to you would have to say `an event, person or the invention`.

question two: look at this forum. no one seems to know either... people are just speculating...

http://www.englishforums.com/English/MightCouldDifference/blvqk/post.htm

anyway, in my opinion, use `may` in this situation:

May I have a cup of tea? (NO ONE says `might I have a cup of tea`)

Though in these situations, they are interchageable:

I may/might go to the library today.
It may/might rain. (Though if used as a comment, it`s more common to use `it might rain`.)

3. errr they mean the same thing - but I think there are some differences in usage:

Use `well-meaning` when:

The well-meaning teacher was not appreciated by his students.
(using of `well-meant` here MIGHT not be entirely right - at least people don`t say that.)

Use `well-meant` when:

Mary`s well-meant concerns were viewed with disdain.
(`well-meaning` can also be used here.)

Use `meant well` when:

Mary actually meant well when she said that.


Hope this helps! I am answering this with my own command of the language, so it might not be entirely accurate. You need a super grammar teacher to answer them properly! (alright, in this sentence, if I have used `may` it would sound funny. so I used `might` :P)