It is not just the quality of the written word that has declined. I frequently hear people ordering coffee with the phrase "Can I get..." and it makes my blood boil.
It's "May I have..."
It is not just the quality of the written word that has declined. I frequently hear people ordering coffee with the phrase "Can I get..." and it makes my blood boil.
It's "May I have..."
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Well i imagine they dont care much once the coffee arrives or neither do those selling it once they are paidOriginally Posted by corm
It is not just the quality of the written word that has declined. I frequently hear people ordering coffee with the phrase "Can I get..." and it makes my blood boil.
It's "May I have..."
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Ehhhh... there's a BIG fundamental difference there...It is not just the quality of the written word that has declined. I frequently hear people ordering coffee with the phrase "Can I get..." and it makes my blood boil.
It's "May I have..."
Saying "can I get" is dumb because it's an AMERICAN way of saying it, NOT because it's not proper English.
Why would you say "May I have" unless you were trying to look like a ponce? If you want to say that fair enough, but trying to say other people should as well? How ridiculous. Especially since Can I have is 100% as grammatically correct. You're confusing CORRECT English with the English posh people speak. Just because posh english people are more likely to speak correct english, DOES NOT automatically make everything they say more "correct" than ordinary correct english.
Do you even say it yourself?
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