>The distinction between "May I" and "Can I", which generations of parents and teachers have striven to drum into kids, has long ago been obscured. Why, my eldest was wont to say "Please may you get me a glass of milk?" which I found cute. :-)
My 10-year-old nephew demonstrated to me the other night that he knows the difference between "can" and "may.'
Tamar
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