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milky  +  272679 Tue, 26 Sep 06 08:11 PM

Here are the results from the BNC (see below) for a search of:

can I

may I

might I

Spoken English. Out of one million words each item:

CAN I          3062

 MAY I          254

  MIGHT I     38
milky
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Hume said that if we had perfect or complete descriptive knowledge of reality, we could not, by reasoning, derive a single valid "ought".
Pucca  +  272680 Tue, 26 Sep 06 08:16 PM
Maybe...
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milky, 3 yr 60 days ago
Do you use it?
Pucca  +  273106 Wed, 27 Sep 06 04:32 PM
Yes! i use it!Big Smile [:D]

Do you?
Pucca
milky, 3 yr 60 days ago

 Pucca wrote:
Yes! i use it!Big Smile [:D]

Do you?

Only with my mum.

Pucca  +  273121 Wed, 27 Sep 06 04:44 PM
And teachers??
I have to use it with my teachers..Stick out tongue [:P]
Pucca
milky, 3 yr 60 days ago

Not with this one. Use "can" when you speak to me.

Big Smile [:D]

Pucca  +  273516 Thu, 28 Sep 06 02:55 PM
OK!Big Smile [:D]Big Smile [:D]
Pucca
milky  +  273588 Thu, 28 Sep 06 03:34 PM

From the BNC (

Let's look at a few typical phrases:

can I borrow.. 69

may I borrow... 6

can I just say... 81

may I just say.. 9

can I ask you... 77

may I ask you... 26

can I come...114

may I come.. 30

Interesting:

can I suggest... 35

may I suggest... 59

can I remind... 17

may I remind... 26

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