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Bonjour
Indiquez si can exprime la possibilité ou la capacité, et si may désigne la probabilité ou la permission.

a. You can learn English in Toronto.

b. You may use my Canada travel guidebook

c. Sue can speak both English and French fluently.

d. She may go to Quebec for her gap year, but she doesn't know yet.

e. In 1931 James Truslow Adams first defined "the American dream" as the dream of a land where immigrants can enjoy a "better and richer and fuller" life.

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Bonjour,

Réponse :

a. You can learn English in Toronto. = possibilité

b. You may use my Canada travel guidebook = permission

c. Sue can speak both English and French fluently. = capacité

d. She may go to Quebec for her gap year, but she doesn't know yet. = probabilité

e. In 1931 James Truslow Adams first defined "the American dream" as the dream of a land where immigrants can enjoy a "better and richer and fuller life". = possibilité.

Explications :

CAN : pour exprimer une capacité:

ex: I can swim. ( je suis « capable de » nager = je sais nager )

          pour exprimer une possibilité:

ex: You can come tonight. ( Tu peux venir = tu as la possibilité… car tu es invité par exemple )

MAY : pour exprimer la probabilité.

ex : She may come tonight because she wants to meet you. ( Il est probable/possible  qu’elle vienne ce soir parce qu’elle veut te rencontrer )

        pour exprimer la permission.

ex : You may sit anywhere in this class. ( Vous « avez la permission » de vous assoir n’importe où dans cette classe )