多彩な 英語 講師陣から検索…
md.mahfuzur Rahman
Use of can/could/should I make a call?
2023年2月22日 20:04
回答 · 2
Some extra info, not super necessary, but 'may' would be the most polite way to ask for something.
May I use your phone to make a call?
May I make a call?
Old fashioned grammarians/teachers, as example would stop and correct a student if they use 'can' or 'could' when asking for permission. If you were a kid in school and you asked:
"Can /Could I go to the bathroom?"
A pedantic, old-fashioned grammarian teacher.would sarcastically say:
"I don't doubt that you can / could go to the bathroom, but may you go to the bathroom?"
This is because can / could specifically means the ability to do something.
Don't worry too much about this, but when asking permission, 'may' is the most polite, especially with older people.
2023年2月22日
Can I make a call? -- say this when you want to use someone else's telephone. (For example, you are at the front desk of a hotel and want to call a restaurant, and you don't have your phone with you. You are asking to use someone else's telephone)
Could I... ? Same thing, but more polite.
Should I make a call? -- this is asking someone's advice about making a telephone call. So you and your friends want to go to a restaurant and you are not certain the restaurant is open at the time you want to go. You ask your friends "Should I make a call?"
2023年2月22日
まだあなたの答えが見つかりませんか?
質問を書き留めて、ネイティブスピーカーに手伝ってもらいましょう!



