The Use of Can and May in Administrative Style

Abstract

This bachelor paper deals with the modal verbs can and may in administrative style. The theoretical part describes the term modality and introduces different kinds of modality. Furthermore, it focuses on the description of characteristic and rules of the modal verbs. It also introduces individual meanings of can and may in detail and synonymous occurrence of overlapping meanings of can and may. In the practical part, findings from the theoretical part are applied to the particular documents of administrative style for stating the results of the analysis.