Please help me with the following sentences.
Hi there,

I'm confused on the third sentence and I'd appreciate if anybody could help me.

Sentence :

If you have an existing brand name that you're known for, you'll probably not want to ditch that name just because you couldn't get the domain name. After all, it took you a lot of time and money to establish that name. If so, you might simply want to try to buy over the domain name from the current owner.

My questions:

in the third sentence,
1.Can I use 'could" instead of 'might'? Are there any differences?

2.Does 'simply' mean 'very,extremely "?

3.Can I use 'buy" instead of 'buy overt'? Are there any differences?

Thanks in advance.

Question

Please help me with the following sentences.
Hi there,

I'm confused on the third sentence and I'd appreciate if anybody could help me.

Sentence :

If you have an existing brand name that you're known for, you'll probably not want to ditch that name just because you couldn't get the domain name. After all, it took you a lot of time and money to establish that name. If so, you might simply want to try to buy over the domain name from the current owner.

My questions:

in the third sentence,
1.Can I use 'could" instead of 'might'? Are there any differences?

2.Does 'simply' mean 'very,extremely "?

3.Can I use 'buy" instead of 'buy overt'? Are there any differences?

Thanks in advance.

Answer

1. Yes.
2. No. It means what simply always means. Just simple.
3. No. "Buy over" is the correct expression here.

Answer

1. Yes but I would change the words.

"If so, you might simply want to try to buy over the domain name from the current owner."

To use could, I would change it to, "If so, you could simply try to buy over the domain name from the current owner." You wouldn't need want there!

2. Simply means something more like "only".

3. I would say "buy" instead of "buy over". I get what you mean though :)

Hope I helped!

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