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Grammar pedants - help please.

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swittle Aug 2022 9:07am, 19 Aug 2022 89,774 posts	0 swittle We had a teacher like that at primary school too. Was it part of teacher training?! I think I missed that session...
Rosehip Aug 2022 9:09am, 19 Aug 2022 26,166 posts	0 Rosehip To “please can I have a biscuit?” my father always answered “you can but you may not” That sounds very familiar
GordonG Aug 2022 9:24am, 19 Aug 2022 9,225 posts	0 GordonG The 'can I get' phrase is a constant battle I have with my youngest, especially in shops and cafes. he'll ask "can I get a coke" and I'll annoy him by saying "no, you don't work here and you're not allowed behind the counter".
LouiseRuns 🌹🇬🇧 🇪🇺 Aug 2022 9:13pm, 19 Aug 2022 453 posts	0 LouiseRuns 🌹🇬🇧 🇪🇺 "Can" instead of "will" annoys the life out of me. Or even "can you do ..." instead of simply just "do".
RichHL Aug 2022 11:53pm, 19 Aug 2022 19,508 posts	0 RichHL Ex had a job back when Thatcher still roamed the earth where her boss used to ask her in a whiny, sing-song voice, "Oh darling, could you just bear to... ?" do whatever she wanted doing. I would have lasted about 40 minutes. Ex spent the whole summer there.
Cyclops Aug 2022 11:03am, 20 Aug 2022 4,323 posts	0 Cyclops Please can I ask whether the word germane can apply to things or is it only used when referring to language? Specifically, can food be prepared germanely (ie appropriately for the use - cucumbers sliced, grapes peeled)? If not, other suggested wordds would be very much appreciated. I've run out of adverbs in my DT curriculum document!!
Dvorak Aug 2022 12:43pm, 20 Aug 2022 25,807 posts	0 Dvorak Well, you can ask ...
Dvorak Aug 2022 12:52pm, 20 Aug 2022 25,808 posts	0 Dvorak I wouldn't use it in that sense at all. It may be germane that the food has been appropriately prepared, but I wouldn't say that carries forward to allow the usage that it has been germanely prepared.
JCB Aug 2022 1:18pm, 20 Aug 2022 3,387 posts	0 JCB Agree with Dvorak Germane cf relevant, pertinent. Slightly different to appropriate.
Cyclops Aug 2022 6:22pm, 20 Aug 2022 4,325 posts	0 Cyclops Thank you.