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Viceidol Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
Can I replace this "can" with "may"?
0 ．You 01 b 01 font 00 can 02 font 02 b 00 play baseball in the park on Sundays. (giving the permission) 02 br
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00 ．It's not fair! My brother 01 b 01 font 00 can 02 font 02 b 00 stay up till ten and I have to go to bed at eight. (having the permission to do something) 02 br
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00 May I ask if I could use 01 b 00 "may" 02 b 00 (means giving/having the permission) to replace those "can" (also means giving/having the permission)? 02 br
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00 Thank you very much for your reply! 0-
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00 ．It's not fair! My brother 01 b 01 font 00 can 02 font 02 b 00 stay up till ten and I have to go to bed at eight. (having the permission to do something) 02 br
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00 May I ask if I could use 01 b 00 "may" 02 b 00 (means giving/having the permission) to replace those "can" (also means giving/having the permission)? 02 br
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00 Thank you very much for your reply! 0-
Top answer
02 i 00 ). It usually sounds strange to my ear when there's a third person subject ( 01 i 00 my brother 02 i 00 ). 02 i 02 br 00 CJ 0-
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- It usually sounds strange to my ear when there's a third person subject ( 01 i 00 my brother 02 i 00 ).
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01 cite 10 Viceidol 12 cite 10 May I ask if I could use 11 b 11 font 10 "may" 12 font 12 b 10 (means giving/having the permission) to replace those "can" (also means giving/having the permission)? 12 blockquote10 Yes, but while it sounds fine in the first sentence ( 01 i 0
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