"Can / May I ask you a question?"

[Wilson Gray]

YES!!! YES!!! YES!!!

THANK GOD!!!

FINALLY, SOMEONE UNDERSTANDS!!!

That is my ONLY - got that, y'all? - ONLY point!

Thank you for further examples of this kind of question.

You should use the soubriquet, "Katherine The Great."

-Wilson

All say, "How hard it is that we have to die"---a strange complaint to
come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
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-Mark Twain



On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 1:44 AM, Katharine The Grate
<katharinethegrate at comcast.net> wrote:
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> Oh, I get it!  It's like:  "May I interrupt?"  and  "May I speak?"
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> As soon as the phrase is said, it's a done deal.
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> Katharine in N. California
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