[Grammar] We can see the lake from our hotel.

[newkeenlearner]

Could you please check my assumption in the parentheses ?
Am I right on the uses of 'can'?

We can see the lake from our hotel. (possibility, for example there is no high rise building to destroy our view to the lake)
I don't have a pen. You can use mine.(giving permission)
Can you speak any foreign languages ?(ability)
I can come and see you tomorrow if you like.(it is possible for me to ...)
The word 'dream' can be a verb or a noun.(there are two possibilities for the word 'dream')
I am afraid I can't come to the party tomorrow.(there is no possibility)

 

[teechar]

Could you please check my [STRIKE]assumption[/STRIKE] analysis in the parentheses?
Am I right on the uses of 'can'?

We can see the lake from our hotel. ([STRIKE]possibility,[/STRIKE] ability- for example, there is no high-rise building to [STRIKE]destroy[/STRIKE] block our view to the lake.)

That can also be about possibility.
We can see the lake from our hotel. We needn't hire a tour guide to take us there.

The others are okay.

 

[newkeenlearner]

That can also be about possibility.

You meant in the first example the 'possibility' is also possible?

We can see the lake from our hotel.

It is another analysis: "I have a good eye sight so I am able to see the lake from our hotel" ?(ability)

 

[teechar]

Did you mean that in the first example [STRIKE]the[/STRIKE] 'possibility' is also possible?

Yes.

[STRIKE] It[/STRIKE] Here is another analysis: "I have good eyesight, so I am able to see the lake from our hotel" Is this about ability?

Yes.

 

[GoesStation]

[STRIKE]It is another[/STRIKE] Is this analysis possible? "I have [STRIKE]a[/STRIKE] good eyesight [no space] so I am able to see the lake from our hotel." (ability)

See above. Remember not to put a space before a question mark.