In the sentence below, what is the bold modal verb being used to do? *(May is the bolded word)*

“Keep your seatbelts on. We may run into some rough weather,” said the pilot.

Choose 1

(Choice A)
A
The pilot is using may to talk about the possibility of rough weather.

(Choice B)
B
The pilot is using may to give someone permission.

A.

Explanation:

The pilot talking about the weather, and he's telling everyone to put on the seat-belts not asking for their permission to tell them this.

the correct answer is a "it describes nora and mrs. linde's relationship". opcions b and d are not related to the content of the passage in any way. option c could be appropiate but it does not fully capture the effect of the dialogue, while option a is quite appropiate, since the dialogue not only exemplifies the relationship between the characters, but it also captures the effect in the excerpt. we get to know that mrs linde bosses around and already knows nora.