Can i go to the washroom

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Thread starter Sweetboat Start date Mar 3, Sweetboat Senior Member Korean. When students ask for permission, are these all fine? This is what my students use the most frequently. Andygc Senior Member Devon. It depends entirely on the form of English being used. Only the fourth makes sense in BE in the context of a school. Hermione Golightly Senior Member London. They are all possible but the right word is the one that's usually used in the country in a formal situation, and on the formula used in that school.

It's a question of context. The first three aren't used in the UK as far as I know. Chasint Senior Member English - England. Of course it would be understood, but any teacher with the least competence in sarcasm would reply "Why?

You don't look dirty to me. Andygc said:. Click to expand I was assuming, when I referred to BE, that the context of my post would be seen as a school in Britain. Thank you all.

You're very kind. In an American school, the usual question would be "May I be excused? In my schooldays in New York fifty-odd years ago, one would never have called the room to which one was going a "toilet.

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Thread starter boyscout Start date Jul 4, In Hong Kong, when students have physically needs, they have to ask for teachers' permission to be excused.

However, some "star tutor" says "Can I go to the restroom please" should be used instead. Because, "may" is too strong a modal verb and should be replaced by "can". Is it true?

Florentia52 Modwoman in the attic Wisconsin. This distinction is often ignored in casual conversation, but "may" is both correct and more polite. Thanks Florentia When I was in school, some teachers insisted on 'May I go to the toilet please?

Click to expand In the US, toilet is considered an overly graphic--some would say crude--synonym for bathroom. In a public place, restroom is the most appropriate term to use. Waltern, your classic retort helps explain things further! I love that retort, thanks. Ceremoniar, you are right!

In public place, we really have to behave ourselves. Once I used lavatory and people just like. Anyway, thanks.