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I worked a part time job in a ticket box office for a performing arts theater once when I was a new teacher (moonlighting). I asked a patron something like "Can I have your last name, please?" To which I received a huge long lecture about the proper use of the English language. I have been super sensitive about that particular grammar point since then.
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Well then, I'm forced to amend my advice, and instead say to listen to Laepelba and Perikles; use "May I" when asking for / asking permission for something. :)
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May I suggest, Fazor, that you do what works for you, and for where you live and conduct your daily activities. :)
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Cuando aprendo español, soy más interesado en la 'lengua de las calles' . . . ¡pero no quiero insultar alguien! |
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You really know a language when you know which mistakes you should make. :) |
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Only I want to do a little modification in the text. May I realize the reparation of the computer today. Only I exchanged the word fix for reparation. I believe that the second choice is more acceptable. Then May and Can, they together can be more polite than Could. You have clarified my doubt. Leapelda. Why don't you never understand my questions?:?: I'd like to knowing it, so I can fix my mistake. Or perhaps I can know where I'm wrong. |
And to be honest, even when using English, I try to avoid making what others would consider "acceptable" mistakes. I'm the nerd who proofreads every single e-mail I send, even those to my closest friends ... just to make sure that my spelling, grammar, and wordings are correct. Sometimes I'll use a slang term like "gonna" or "hafta" or something like that, and then go back and change it because I don't like the sound of it coming from me. LOL! Like I said ... NERD! But, seriously, I would like my Spanish usage to parallel that of my English in that sense. To err on the side of correct grammar/usage over the street slang, but not to the point of sounding toooooo stuffy.
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