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Usage of "How can I help you?"



 
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Usage of "How can I help you?" #1 (permalink) Wed Jan 16, 2008 2:22 am   Usage of "How can I help you?"
 

Which one is the most polite....

1. How may I help you?
2. How can I help you?

And can the sentence "Is there anthing I can do for you?" be shorten to "Anything I can do for you?" in spoken situations?

The Thais always use this in a short phrase, how can I teach them only if this is wrong?
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Usage of "How can I help you?" #2 (permalink) Wed Jan 16, 2008 14:26 pm   Usage of "How can I help you?"
 

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Those are all OK. 'Can' and 'Anything...' are less formal.
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