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SatansLeftNipple
The butthurt is strong with this one.
BAKETATO
I will end up memorizing this for later. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Solkanarmy
Canbe it is, canbe it isn't
Torix2
Had a math teacher do this all the fucking time. So one day web he corrected me, I said, "... Can I have permission to use the bathroom"?
JeevesMark
Wrong == wrong. I hate it when people abuse language and say "you know what I meant".
Bigcurly2000
My English teacher always told us "language is defined by use, and constantly evolving"
Lonecoon
"Shit like this is why you're single, Miss Thompson."
uskglass
I hate both of these people.
creativeusername789
Shallow and pedantic
lichesaintnothingbutspellsandtricks
He's pedantic, pontificating, pretentious BASTARD! A belligerent old fart. A worthless, steaming pile of cow dung. Figuratively speaking.
Mikefreakinhart
Is there a dump of awesome comebacks like this?
abracafuckyou
KilgorTrout451
The end of precision as we know it.
Agent
"Can you go to the principals office?"
garbagebinexe
Teacher: *Witty response*
screwdriverone
I'll take things that never happened for 800 thanks Alex
NoGunsNoCats
You carry on being dumb then.
davidsheath
Student: seriously? You don't know if there is a pencil in this room that I can borrow?
DiggerPlease
Not the only factor
AtsaMattaForYou
http://imgur.com/wWobqow
Makinbrosmadonimgurandnotgivingafuck
http://imgur.com/FoTJDyE
flyinnn
Also most dictionaries include one of the definitions of can as "have permission to" same as may. Source: dictionary and linguistics degree
Ezzybells
Yep. The OED said that basically may is more formal.
SonOfTheShire
Yeah, it's the teacher who's being pretentious here. Yeaaah.
SterlingDangerZoneArcher
Can't or won't?
hodoria
Hodor
LordLatrine
Hmm yes, shallow and pedantic.
proteinfartz
Thanks, Peter
charlierunkle
I find this meal rather shallow and pedantic
knuttsakjones
Stostri
Once a teacher tried to pull the "can" or "may" thing on me when I asked to use the bathroom. I responded with "Ok, let me rephrase, my (1)
Stostri
bladder is going to empty itself sometime in the next 20 minutes. It'll either be in a toilet bowl, or on your floor. Pick one." (2)
Cystman
Teacher: I am a teacher, pedantic is my job.
RealScienceMan
It's really not though, also being pedantic just means that you've ignored the evolution of language since you were in highschool.
Tom40
If you don't permit me to borrow your pencil, then I don't have the ability to borrow your pencil. Taking it in that context is theft.
TheBeanBurritoExpert
Student: but is pretentious your prerogative? Give me a frakin pencil.
Cystman
Teacher: Yes it is. Go to the office.
SAUSAGES
Teacher: Yes, but in a learning environment it is my job to teach and correct you so sit down and do your work.
RealScienceMan
Student: Sure but asking permission with "can" has become much more common than "may" meaning that it is now correct.
theMorin
Woodsy1984
*Drops Mic*
SirDistic
So teach me something instead of teaching me to memorize for tests and not learning anything.
MasterofCeremonyB
But can I borrow a pencil to work...
AssWaffle
I don't know, can you?
HandsomeMcMuscles
Exactly. Like we need to make a teacher's job more disrespected. A classroom is the perfect place to remind the student of that distinction.
Nessimon
Except that this distinction is no longer present in most people's language.
IllyWilly
Finish that with a slap.
MessyStain
Tonberryc
But the teacher isn't correcting the student. The student is already correct. The teacher is merely forcing the more formal use.
Nessimon
You are correct, and the one who downvoted you doesn't really understand how language works.
ILikeRespondingWithWillSmithGifs
But how can they finish their work without a pencil.
izmi
By rephrasing the question correctly, and being given one in reply.
echonite
"can" is grammatically correct, so the teacher was being a bitch.