Levi Stephen wrote:
>      4. MAY, CAN: The described action is permitted but a failure to 
>      perform 
>         the described action does not violate the rule in question.

These should not be synonymous.  "CAN" should be concerned with
possibility, and "MAY" with permission.  Re failure to perform, what if
another provision makes the same action mandatory in some circumstances?

-zefram

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