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Is it grammatically correct to answer 'Yes, you can' to 'Could I borrow your pen?'
Do I have to say 'Yes, you could'?
Is it grammatically correct to answer 'Yes, you can' to 'Could I borrow your pen?'
Do I have to say 'Yes, you could'?
Do I have to say 'Yes, you could'?
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"Yes, you can" is correct, but I would usually say "Sure". "Yes, you can" is quite formal.
"Sure" is pronounced like "shore".
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I would say 'of course' or 'go for it' or just 'here' as I handed it to them😁 but I'm quite a lazy speaker and I'm from London.
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