Question

You know, Audrey, you ___________be so cutting at times.*

Answer 1

Answer:

You know, Audrey, you can be so cutting at times.

Explanation:

Q. You know, Audrey, you _____ be so cutting at times.

(a) can

(b) must

(c) may

(d) might

Here, you are the speaker and you are saying something advisable to Audrey. This sentence is just a sentence that you are converting to Audrey on how she can save something.

Let us examine what could fill the blank with each of the options.

(a) can — You are actually advising Audrey that she can be so cutting at times.

(b) Must —Here, you are posing order to Audrey to cut at times.

(c) May — Here, you are stating what Audrey may or may not do. You are actually saying Audrey what she does, which makes no sense.

(d) Might — The same meaning that comes for ‘May’

So, the right option which shows a conversation and that shows a piece of advice is option (a) can

You know, Audrey, you can be so cutting at times.

Answer 2

Answer:

Explanation:

The complete sentence will be You Know, Audrey, you CAN be so cunning at times. There is a spelling mistake in the original sentence that has misspelled cunning as cutting.

In this sentence, the person is telling a person directly about her being a cunning person. It is unknown if the sentence has been said in a positive or negative manner.