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Question 21

Which sentence contains the bare-infinitive error in the permission-modal contrast?

  1. May I to consult the atlas in the reading room?Bonne réponse
  2. Could I photograph the pottery without using a flash?
  3. You can collect the costume from wardrobe after the performance.
  4. The editor said we may quote two lines from the private letter.

Explication

The reading-room request is malformed because may cannot be followed by to before the main verb. The remaining sentences use a bare verb after can, may or could and express either a request or a genuine grant.

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