What is different?
Could i borrow this?
Can i borrow this?
May I borrow this?
It Could be wrong.
It can be wrong
It's confused.
Please. help me
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What is different?
Could i borrow this?Can i borrow this?
May I borrow this?
It Could be wrong.
It can be wrong
It's confused.
Please. help me
"May" is asking permission and is polite. It is the correct way to ask though most of us now say "Can I borrow this?"
Could and can is a little more difficult to explain and maybe another person on this forum can help me but:
It could be wrong (suggests a possibility that it is wrong and something has happened in the past).
One example: We did the math problem but it (our answer) could be wrong.
I think "can" suggests a stronger possibility.
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What is difference?
Could I borrow this?Can I borrow this?
May I borrow this?
It Could be wrong.
It can be wrong
It's confusing.
Please help me.
0
Sorry I'm not a technical expert. Just a native speaker. If someone with more expertise could fill in my gaps?
I use these interchangeably but with varying degrees of respect.
Can I borrow this? - least formal, I use this for friends and family.
Could I borrow this? - more formal than above, I use this for people I don't know or if I just want to raise the level of respect.
May I borrow this? - more formal than above, I don't normally use this in my day-to-day but it's supposed to be proper English.
It can be wrong vs. it could be wrong - both suggest that there is possibility of wrongness but the word "could" softens it slightly.
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