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short item re Can Could May I?

Please could you help me with my homework?

Please could you show me where the TAX OFFICE IS?

Please may I use your telephone? Please may I use the bathroom? YES of course you may.

"Please may I have a cup of tea?" "Yes certainly" . Please could you tell me the time? Yes it is five thirty.

Please could you tell me where the Open Garden is?

Please may I borrow your book? Please may I have some more?


Use of the word" MAY I"? IS asking permission politely.

. "MAY I "means that you are asking if it is okay for you to do something or ask for something politely.

"CAN I" really means: being capable of doing something .

MAny people use "Can I" when they really should say "MAY I ?"

CAN YOU CLIMB MOUNTAINS? YES you can, or you used to. YOU COULD CLIMB THEM in the PAST.

You helped your co-mountaineers because they were not as strong or as fit as you were, so they could not continue with out your help

I Can Run fast. I Cannot fly an aeroplane. I Can Speak Japanese but I cannot speak English very well.

I wish that I could travel around the world. I cannot do so because I cannot afford the cost of travelling. I wish that I could listen to my favourite music. I cannot listen to my music without my MP3 player.

If only I could do break dancing. I wish that I could do so. I cannot do break dancing but I Can roller skate.

Could you help me please. Could you tell me the way to the Ice rink? I am sorry but I am a stranger here, so I cannot help you.

We often abbreviate "Cannot to Can't. apostrophe before the "T"

I can't understand you ==I cannot understand you. I can't visit you today. I cannot visit you today. I can't be bothered. I cannot be bothered. we seldom actually say Cannot when we are talking, mostly its Can't/ Pronounced as if there is an R in the middle. CAHNT. CARNT against cannot which is ANNOT."CAN"Not.