Can I get VS may I have?
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Can I get VS may I have?
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.
When can we use can could and May?
“Can,” “may,” and “could” are all used to make requests. “May” is formal in these contexts, while “can” and “could” appear mainly in speech: “May I have your attention?” is more formal than “Can I have your attention?” or “Could I have your attention?”
Can I please or could I please?
Originally Answered: “Can you please” or “Could you please” — which is correct? “Could” is the polite form of “can”—so both are correct, but we use them in different situations. We use “can” when we are telling someone to do something. We use “could” when we are making a request.
Could sentences examples in English?
Could sentence example
- I wish you could hear yourself talking.
- What could he do about it but lose more sleep?
- How could she blame him?
- How could he find out?
- I never thought I could do it.
- I had let so much gas out of my balloon that I could not rise again, and in a few minutes the earth closed over my head.
When can we use could in a sentence?
“Could” is a modal verb used to express possibility or past ability as well as to make suggestions and requests. “Could” is also commonly used in conditional sentences as the conditional form of “can.” Examples: Extreme rain could cause the river to flood the city.
Is May you proper English?
Here “may you” means “might you”, which essentially means “you might”. All of these are grammatically correct (although the ones in the first group are awkward and rarely used). Usually, polite form of a question is could you, but still may seems grammatically correct.