Can i start my own pointless thread
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Scott Parker said:
If its not about a 991 GT3, Allocations or values would anyone be interested?
Please do not reply, we wouldn't want another one
I take it you don't refer to your Porsche as being part of a 'portfolio', in which case you sound like common riff raff. Perhaps posting in another forum with individuals of a like minded socio economic status would be a better idea. (Joke for those not clever enough to work it out...)Please do not reply, we wouldn't want another one
Orangecurry said:
'May' I start my own pointless thread?
or
I can start my own pointless thread.
This is PH after all.
Not so, but a common misconception. So, for the sake of all PH pedants here is a useful overview from oxforddictionaries.comor
I can start my own pointless thread.
This is PH after all.
People are often uncertain about whether there is any difference between can and may when these verbs are used to ask for or grant permission. For example, is one of these two sentences ‘more correct’ than the other?
Can I ask you a few questions?
May I ask you a few questions?
There is a widespread view that using can to ask for permission is wrong and that it should only be used in expressions to do with ability or capability, e.g.:
Can she swim?
Can you speak Italian?
But the 'permission' use of can is not in fact incorrect in standard English. The only difference between the two verbs is that one is more polite than the other. In informal contexts it’s perfectly acceptable to use can; in formal situations it would be better to use may.
I'm going to enjoy a track day on the weekend. I will endeavour to have cheese on my bacon bap for breakfast, or maybe a ham and cheese croissant, followed by a cheesy burger for lunch and cheese and onion crisps throughout the day in between stints. Perhaps I will omit to wash my hands so that I get a bit of cheesy residue on my steering wheel.
Having ruined the thread I will delete the post in a couple of hours.
Having ruined the thread I will delete the post in a couple of hours.
Au contraire...
Breeding familiarity on PH is just not on, old boy.
And it's 'more correcter'.
drmark said:
People are often uncertain about whether there is any difference between can and may when these verbs are used to ask for or grant permission. For example, is one of these two sentences ‘more correct’ than the other?
But the 'permission' use of can is not in fact incorrect in standard English. The only difference between the two verbs is that one is more polite than the other. In informal contexts it’s perfectly acceptable to use can; in formal situations it would be better to use may.
Just because something is not incorrect doesn't make it correct.But the 'permission' use of can is not in fact incorrect in standard English. The only difference between the two verbs is that one is more polite than the other. In informal contexts it’s perfectly acceptable to use can; in formal situations it would be better to use may.
Breeding familiarity on PH is just not on, old boy.
And it's 'more correcter'.
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