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Can I say...?
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nikolai
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Can I say...?
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Hello everyone! I need your help! Please, can you tell me when we can use this phrase : Can I have...? Can I use it in the shop to ask for dress or for shoes for example and in the restaurant to order? |
25 Jan 2016
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cunliffe
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Yes, you can. It �s quite polite. In a restaurant - yes, all the time. �Can I have the scampi provencale and chips please? � In clothes/shoe shops/dept stores, you are more likely - if you get to speak to anyone! - to be asking to try things on. �Can I try this in size__? � �Can I have this in red/size 6...etc.. � also, fine. In newsagents, tobacconists, pharmacists,etc... where you do speak to the assistant, �Can I have a packet of aspirin,,,etc? � that is correct. |
25 Jan 2016
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yanakoleva77
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Thank you so much for the answer!!! So, I can say: Can I have this T-shirt ,please? and it �s OK
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25 Jan 2016
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