May Could Can Permission
May Could Can Permission. Could i use your phone please? ‘may’ is used for formal requests:
Can i is usually considered a little less polite than may i or could i. May is more formal, more respectful than can and could: Only hotel guests may use the facilities.
Can I Have A Milkshake, Please?
You can wait in the living room if you want. We use can, could and may to ask for permission. Excuse me, may i look at your newspaper for a moment?
Yes, I Would Love To.
I explain how politeness, formality, and necessity are all important parts of. Modal verbs are helping/auxiliary verbs that express ideas like ability, permission, possibility, and necessity. The polite answers using may are as follows:
You Can Borrow My Car If You Want.
You mustn't touch that ming vase. May is the most formal way to ask for and give permission. Can i look at your paper.
Could I Use Your Phone Please?
The negative forms cannot/can't, mustn't and may not (more formal) are used to express prohibitions: They are always followed by the simple form of. We use can and may, but not could, to give permission.
Could I Bring A Friend To The Party?
Could is more formal and polite than can. ('may' is also used.) can i help you? Can‘ is the least formal of these verbs.
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