I have just always used "can" when asking of I have the ability to do this. I use "may" when I am asking if it is ok to do this, or if I am allowed to do this.
Lots of time I have the ablilty, but maybe not the permission.

Touche my friend. I do not use the correct grammar unless I am writing for a reason. I murder the spoken language also. Even my penmanship has gone to pot. That's what happens when we get slack on our attention to grammar. But it didn't make my words diffficult for you to read. I think this is the i...

Thanks for this tip. I will look into this.

As a writer once said, "Let it all hang out." In writing for anything except professional documents, office work, ect. letting the grammar slide into the vernacular is premitted, even perferred. I am terrible about spelling, being right-brained, but I always use the spell checker or dictio...

OK, u'all. I get it. You are so much more informed than I. I taught English and just know the correct usage. I don't use it when I am speaking, but when writing I try. I just offered my own opinion. You expressed yours. Now, I think I am in the wrong group. I don't like people with claws. They hurt....

When I think of the word, Panic, I think of the panic attacks that I am prone to. I don't worry about bird flu or any other pandemic, but I do have panic attacks in times of extreme stress. I don't worry about bird flu because I am a child of the King, and I know that my life is in His hands. :lol: ...

Hey GRITS and GUYS, let's not give up on the southern dialect. I just love it. I use it a lot when writing.
mamawsandy

I would not mind if someone called me "One smart cookie" LOL

Supersession ~~ Can be subsitution, commutation, makeshift, interchange, transfer.

How about Hethlon?

Gotcha. Will try to find a way to do this. I hope you are having a joyful day. mamawsandy

You guys, I really need a spell checker on this site. Can you manage it? I am totally right-brained. Can't do math or spell worth a darn. Is there one here that I haven't found? Well, I am blonde, so what do you expect?
mamawsandy

Honey chile, you can't help it. You are just in that cold northern state where people have to speak with their mouths closed to keep from freezing their tongues. You just go on pronouncing the way you do. I love to hear other dialects.
mamawsandy

One of my pet peeves is using a singular noun/promoun with a plural verb. Someone needs his backside whacked. (Correct) Someone needs their backside whacked (incorrect) I see these mistakes in the most educated writing. Just stop and think if the noun/pronoun is singular or plural. Would you expoun...