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Good point and good timing :-)
ESL_IN_ASIA
- 2004-11-04
In response to May I.. (Ferpectly right!)
Ferpectly right, you are perfectly right. May is a more polite modal verb to use for permission.
However, it depends on the person delivering the request. If they are abrasive and direct, as many Americans are by nature, then you could argue Can is right.
You brought up a good point about grammar: modal verbs. But hey, B.B can explain that to you with a little ditty ...A one...a two...clap your hands and sing this song.....Can I be abrasive? May I?..May I?....lala la laah....
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- The ESL instructor: animal, vegetable, or ... BS artist? -- The Arrogant One -- 2004-11-01
- don't start a sentence with 'AND' -- q -- 2004-11-02
- Depends on your point of view *Link* -- Stranger Passing By -- 2005-02-03
- Rules are made to be broken. And I'll write any way I like. -- OnceWritten -- 2004-11-11
- q2 "and" -- the observer -- 2004-11-03
- Make sure you observe the classics too -- ESL_IN_ASIA -- 2004-11-03
- The A#al Retentives Guide to the Great-Grammar-Icing on the ESL cake for Dummies.... -- Beatrix -- 2004-11-03
- games, dummies and a#al retentives -- ESL_IN_ASIA -- 2004-11-03
- The complete id##ts guide................ -- Beatrix -- 2004-11-03
- May I.. -- Ferpectly right! -- 2004-11-04
- Good point and good timing :-) -- ESL_IN_ASIA -- 2004-11-04
- Drunk on your own verbosity! -- Beatrix -- 2004-11-04
- Good point and good timing :-) -- ESL_IN_ASIA -- 2004-11-04
- May I.. -- Ferpectly right! -- 2004-11-04
- The complete id##ts guide................ -- Beatrix -- 2004-11-03
- games, dummies and a#al retentives -- ESL_IN_ASIA -- 2004-11-03
- The A#al Retentives Guide to the Great-Grammar-Icing on the ESL cake for Dummies.... -- Beatrix -- 2004-11-03
- EXPOITS! Soooooo #@#!@ many o' dem! -- The Arrogant One -- 2004-11-02
- And... -- Ferpectly right! -- 2004-11-02
- Different horses for different courses! -- Beatrix -- 2004-11-02
- Rules are made to be broken. And I'll write any way I like. -- OnceWritten -- 2004-11-11
- The fat lady threw away the grammar book!!! -- Beatrix -- 2004-11-01
- A fact is a fact ... but, that doesn't make it right! -- The Arrogant One -- 2004-11-01
- Don't use the G word !!!!!!!!!!!! -- ESL_IN_ASIA -- 2004-11-01
- Oral -- Dos -- 2004-11-02
- Ditto in Thailand -- Robert Newman -- 2004-11-02
- ESL pedagogy continues......... -- Beatrix -- 2004-11-01
- Bottoms Up Arrogant One? -- Beatrix -- 2004-11-01
- Oral -- Dos -- 2004-11-02
- Don't use the G word !!!!!!!!!!!! -- ESL_IN_ASIA -- 2004-11-01
- Zitat des tages -- x21 -- 2004-11-01
- Ich danke Ihnen fr ....??? -- The Arrogant One -- 2004-11-01
- AO=Austrian dialect -- x21 -- 2004-11-01
- Look! He's a poet and doesn't know it! -- The Arrogant One -- 2004-11-01
- Das ist ein teil deines problems -- x21 -- 2004-11-01
- Look! He's a poet and doesn't know it! -- The Arrogant One -- 2004-11-01
- AO=Austrian dialect -- x21 -- 2004-11-01
- Insightful -- A. -- 2004-11-01
- The BIG picture -- The Arrogant One -- 2004-11-01
- Depends on your point of view *Link* -- Stranger Passing By -- 2005-02-03
- don't start a sentence with 'AND' -- q -- 2004-11-02
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Good point and good timing :-)