you may see vs you can see

Both "you may see" and "you can see" are correct phrases in English, but they are used in slightly different contexts. "You may see" implies a possibility or permission to see something, while "you can see" indicates ability or capability to see something. The choice between them depends on the intended meaning.

Last updated: April 05, 2024 • 537 views

you may see

The phrase "you may see" is correct in English and is used to indicate a possibility or permission to see something.

Use "you may see" when you want to suggest that there is a chance or permission for someone to see something.

Examples:

If you look closely, you may see a shooting star tonight.
You may see some changes in the schedule, so please check back later.
You may see a different side of him when he's with his family.

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As you may see in the video...
If you want to purchase phentermine, you may see your own condition.
In fact, you may see danger everywhere at every turn, and your heart becomes like a horse going at a great clip.
For example, you may see characters alive after you know they've already died, or vice versa.
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Locals treat the gardens as a park, and on warm afternoons, you may see more young lovers than plants.
From the beach you may see the islet of Mira across.
Impruneta is in the Chianti Colli Fiorentini and it's strongly related to winemaking, as you may see from the several wineries in the area.
In the picture, you may see Jacopo Poli serving some Cleopatra Amarone Oro to Davide Mengacci.
On a clear day, you may see the tip of Cuba from Jamaica's north coast.
If you are lucky, you may see a flock of colorful parrots flying overhead.
As you may see from these few examples, the man's hair model is much from boring.
Instead, break your problems down to their first principles and you may see very different solutions emerge.Let me know how it works out for you.
If done for an hour three times a day consistently, you may see its effects within a month at the fastest.
If the vamp stitcher is having a bad day you may see lots of crooked stitching on a vamp.
Or sometimes, you may see that the audio is slightly behind of video or vice versa.
Likewise, if you look down at the earth, you may see rocks or sand.
One minute you may see someone dressed up while the next you may see someone singing.
So you may see for yourself there is nothing to regret.
Depending on how this goes, you may see him soon.

Alternatives:

you might see
you could see
you are likely to see
you are permitted to see
you have the option to see

you can see

The phrase "you can see" is correct in English and is used to indicate the ability or capability to see something.

Use "you can see" when you want to express that someone has the ability or opportunity to see something.

Examples:

If you stand on the hill, you can see the whole city.
With these binoculars, you can see the details of the bird's feathers.
You can see the excitement in her eyes when she talks about her passion.

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Here you can see possible free sales consulting appointments.
And you can see how dense the population is.
In Stodvarfjordur you can see a unique stone collection.
So Amanda, you can see, has really good control.
There you can see mosquitoes as they fly around, being lit up.
And here you can see Roberto dancing.
But you can see the music on his face.
And you can see huge areas of cortex where there are massive correlations in the distribution of gray matter.
Within that change, you can see tumult.
And you can see that it looks a lot different.
And you can see there are three distinct regions of methane.
And you can see it's a pretty rich and interesting list.
In this movie, you can see that the tumor is green.
Now you can see that the waste far outweighs the actually useful amount.
And you can see an image produced by this consortium.
And you can see he looks always the same.
And you can see on the screen a cell being made.
And you can see the vascular tree that remains intact.
And you can see first that words automatically organize into semantic neighborhoods.
Then you can see radical partisan change.

Alternatives:

you are able to see
you have the ability to see
you have the opportunity to see
you are capable of seeing
you are in a position to see

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