random1 wrote:
Yigeren wrote:
The teacher was pointing out that you are supposed to use may instead of can. May refers to having permission. Can indicates having the ability to do something. Technically, may should have been used, because you were asking if you had permission.
Teachers said that all the time when I was in elementary school. It is not a language processing issue. People use the word "can" incorrectly in this manner all the time.
is there anymore examples of language issues?
Yigeran just said that it is NOT an example of a "language processing issue" (like dyslexia, or tourettes, or whatever).
It just what teachers do to teach grammar and vocabulary.
Other examples of the kind of correcting teachers do are:
Don't say "ain't"(its not considered a real word).
Don't use double/triple negatives like "Don't never do that no more!".
Don't confuse "lie", and "lay" (you lay an object down, and you lie down on a bed).