auâ¢thorâ¢iâ¢taâ¢tive. 1. having the weight of authority; official. 2. substantiated or supported by evidence and accepted by most authorities in a field: the authoritative edition. 3. having an air of or exercising authority; peremptory; dictatorial.
By the time you read this, he may have made his decision. I think that comment might have offended some people. If the event or situation referred to did not in fact occur, it's better to use might have : The draw against Italy might have been a turning point, but it didn't turn out like that.y the time you read this, he may have made his decision. I think that comment might have offended some people. If the event or situation referred to did not in fact occur, it's better to use might have : The draw against Italy might have been a turning point, but it didn't turn out like that.
Some day, in years to come, you will be wrestling with the great. temptation, or trembling under the great sorrow of your life. But the. real struggle is here, now, in these quiet weeks. Now it is being. decided whether, in the day of your supreme sorrow or temptation, you.