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| (1) May I smoke here? (a) As affirmative answers to the above sentence, the following words are correct? -Go ahead. -Sure. -Yes, of course. -Yes, certainly. -No problem. -By all means. -Why not? -Yes, you may (b) As negative answers, the following are correct? -No, I'm sorry. -No, you may not. -I'm afraid you can't. -I'm afraid not. -I guess not. -Absolutely not. -Certainly not. (2) Can you drive me home? (a) As affirmative answers to this senence, the followings are correct? -Sure. -Yes, of course. -Certainly. -Why not? -Yes, I can. -I'd be happy to. -I'd be glad to. -No peoblem. -With pleasure. -By all means. (b) As negtive answers to the above sentence, the followings are correct? -I'm afraid I can't. -Cerainly not. -No, I'm sorry. -I'm afraid not. -I guess not. Thank you in advance. |
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| Positive reply to "May I smoke here"? may be "be my guest" or yes you can. I wouldn't say "Yes, you may" To my mind it sounds like a cocky reply. But for the rest ... I think that 9 out of 10 replies are good! Kind regards |
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