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Originally Posted by Anglika  They are not quite the same - You may post and edit = you are permitted to do this; you can post and edit = it is possible to do these things. |
This, of course, is what our parents tell us, but it's awfully common to ask "Can I...?" when asking permission.
That aside, in this specific case the forum software actually makes it impossible to do anything you are not also permitted to do, so from that point of view, "You can..." would be just as true as "You may..."
Some people think "may" can sound a little condescending: "I, magnaminous and gracious as I am, do hereby grant you, cowering mortal, out of the goodness of my own heart, permission to post a new thread."