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Originally Posted by riverkid  I've been thinking about this a bit too and I can't imagine a situation where 'must' means 'may' for permission.
I don't believe that Carl's example shows this connection though I may well be missing something.
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Carl wrote:
Depending on use "may not" could mean either "must not" or "might not".
Examples: Seba: "May I have some cake?" Carl: "No you may not." in this case may not means that you do not have permission.
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Again, I can't think of how we would use 'must not' to state 'one doesn't have permission'. Is there a meaning in English for a 'must' of permission? There might be, but it eludes me right now. Perhaps, Carl could show us one.
"No you may not" is close to "No you can not" in meaning. |
How about
: "You musn't go to school tomorrow. You're too sick."?
Maybe that's a bad example, but I believe "musn't" conveys here the meaning of lack of permission. Although, I know it is not the 'standart' way of expressing lack of permission.
Comment on that Riverkid, please. I'd like to see Your point of view. All in all, You're the one who's spoken that language for ages and I'm just a student of a foreign language.
Seba