A five-year-old came into the kitchen and asked, Mommy, can I have a slice of strawberry pie?"
"Now, Randall," his mother corrected, "You don't say 'Can I have.' You should say, 'May I have.'"
"Okay, May I have a slice of strawberry pie?"
"And what to you say at the end?"
"Oh--may I have a slice of strawberry pie, please?"
"No dear. We're having dinner in less than an hour."
"Now, Randall," his mother corrected, "You don't say 'Can I have.' You should say, 'May I have.'"
"Okay, May I have a slice of strawberry pie?"
"And what to you say at the end?"
"Oh--may I have a slice of strawberry pie, please?"
"No dear. We're having dinner in less than an hour."