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Old Thu Mar 25, 2010, 12:16pm
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Originally Posted by ronald View Post
Dakota,

Agreed on the test part but somebody cited webster and did not show the use of can as indicating permission. As Webster stated, can denoting permission has been accepted since the 19th century.

Ron
That was me, and reason I didn't cite the reference that "can" is commonly used to indicate "permission" was it was irrelevant to the question.
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