Funnily enough, assuming that Vampires can only enter a house if they are invited, being able and allowed to enter the house are, in this case, equivalent.
Foiled yet again
Submitted 1 year ago by ickplant@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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Gtoasted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
ickplant@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Found the real English teacher.
uranibaba@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Would not asking if one can come in ask if it is possible or not, i.e. if the one is invited or not. So to ask “can I come in” is not to ask for permission, only what is possible and not, thus not the same?
Can I come in? => Have I been invited?
May I come in? => Can I have an invitation?
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 1 year ago
“If I was a werewolf I would have fucked you up.”
“If I were a werewolf …”mcz@lemmy.world 1 year ago
A waswolf
zik@zorg.social 1 year ago
The worst thing about this is that the English teacher is wrong too - common usage dictates that this is a perfectly acceptable form of request.
rambling_lunatic@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
The vampire’s ability to enter (whether he can come in) depends on his permission to enter (whether he may come in). So he’s right.
ummthatguy@lemmy.world 1 year ago
creditCrazy@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Imagine if vampires could only suck the blood of victims that verbally allow them resulting in them loyering everyone to let them eat people
Jiggle_Physics@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Had an English teacher that did this. Once asked if I could go to the bathroom and he replied with this statement. So I said “Not if you don’t let me.” He rolled his eyes and called me a smart ass, like he wasn’t. Yoi, I hated that guy.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 1 year ago
Smartasses hate being out ass smarted.
Jiggle_Physics@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I wish this was his worst problem. Dude was a mess and he took it out on us.