The difference between "can" and "may"; the former indicates capability or possibility, whereas the latter grants us permission to do something.
I.e. Can I drive your Rolls Royce? Well, yes, if your feet can reach the pedals and you can understand the concept of a steering wheel.
May I drive your Rolls Royce? Over my dead body.
Taken from " My Grammar and I".
I've been spending my Sunday afternoon reading on grammar. It's bizarre because the more I think about it, the more I question how I got through school with straight As. It's quite unthinkable, but that's a whole other matter.
I didn't come here to talk about grammar to be honest, I just thought that was something interesting to share.(but ofcourse you know the above fact already)
on another note, I never really understood the difference between apathy and paranoia. That line has been erased, drawn, erased again, and now it's quasi visible with smeared lead on both territories. In other words, it's a pretty messy area. well perhaps not for you (lucky).
Have you ever felt like you don't care about this or that, but in truth, you're just scared. Treating people as places and places as people because you believe(strongly) that everything is temporary. but there's another part of you that is scared that if you put any importance in places, people and anything else for that matter, you'd be...affected. In more ways than one.
Well, that's tough.
I.e. Can I drive your Rolls Royce? Well, yes, if your feet can reach the pedals and you can understand the concept of a steering wheel.
May I drive your Rolls Royce? Over my dead body.
Taken from " My Grammar and I".
I've been spending my Sunday afternoon reading on grammar. It's bizarre because the more I think about it, the more I question how I got through school with straight As. It's quite unthinkable, but that's a whole other matter.
I didn't come here to talk about grammar to be honest, I just thought that was something interesting to share.(but ofcourse you know the above fact already)
on another note, I never really understood the difference between apathy and paranoia. That line has been erased, drawn, erased again, and now it's quasi visible with smeared lead on both territories. In other words, it's a pretty messy area. well perhaps not for you (lucky).
Have you ever felt like you don't care about this or that, but in truth, you're just scared. Treating people as places and places as people because you believe(strongly) that everything is temporary. but there's another part of you that is scared that if you put any importance in places, people and anything else for that matter, you'd be...affected. In more ways than one.
Well, that's tough.
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