Thread: family conflict over the phrase " may you help me"
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Old 24-Nov-2005, 05:16
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Default Re: family conflict over the phrase " may you help me"
Some people claim that 'can' shouldn't be used for permission, but in reality it is very common indeed, so I can see nothing wrong with it at all.
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