When I was a student, it seemed like teachers got great satisfaction out of that exchange.
"Can I go to the bathroom?"
-- "I don't know, can you?"
<sighs> "May I go to the bathroom?"
I had 8 classes each day and just pissed between them like a normal person but it seemed like that once per day I'd witness this exchange. It seemed to always give the teachers satisifaction to correct the student and it happened enough that I know when to use "may I" and "can I" in normal discussion for fear of activating some smug look on the other person's face.
CAN you?
Rambler wrote (edited )
When I was a student, it seemed like teachers got great satisfaction out of that exchange.
"Can I go to the bathroom?"
-- "I don't know, can you?"
<sighs> "May I go to the bathroom?"
I had 8 classes each day and just pissed between them like a normal person but it seemed like that once per day I'd witness this exchange. It seemed to always give the teachers satisifaction to correct the student and it happened enough that I know when to use "may I" and "can I" in normal discussion for fear of activating some smug look on the other person's face.