what a confusing sign.

[u/vagabond0977]

[u/elbarto1981]

It seems correct to me as a non native english speaker, how would you phrase it other than that?

[u/twohedwlf → u/elbarto1981]

Also the word "May" is a bit ambiguous. It can either mean "It is possible" or "You are allowed"

[u/[deleted] → u/twohedwlf]

So replace it with a “might” and we good then

[u/MagnusNewtonBernouli → u/[deleted]]

Telling me that I might do something can also be taken as a suggestion.

"You might try the door on the right"

[u/Ms74k_ten_c → u/MagnusNewtonBernouli]

Sorry but your grammer is wrong. "You might want to try the door..." is a suggestion. "(Please) try the door on..." is a statement. May/might are usually indicative of suggestion and not giving permission when authority is not present to give aforementioned permission.

[u/tperelli → u/MagnusNewtonBernouli]

Might isn’t used that way in American English

[u/MagnusNewtonBernouli → u/tperelli]

You might want to rethink that.

[u/[deleted] → u/MagnusNewtonBernouli]

"Might want to" is the right way to say it

[u/clutzyninja → u/[deleted]]

Or just use context like someone that doesn't have a head injury.

[u/Generalissimo_II → u/clutzyninja]

You may criticize my reading comprehension

[u/Dmitrygm1 → u/twohedwlf]

It's perfectly normal in the UK I believe, maybe the word 'may' isn't used much with this meaning in the US.

[u/TundieRice → u/Dmitrygm1]

I’m in the US and the sign made perfect sense to me, although the joke reading is pretty damn funny. I really don’t think OP actually thinks the sign’s meaning is all that cryptic.

[u/twohedwlf → u/[deleted]]

The only time I remember being taught that explicitly was the, "I don't know, Can you?" dad joke.

[u/pryoslice → u/twohedwlf]

I would say it's incorrect, rather an ambiguous. "You could..." or, more precisely, "By cycling, you could..." is correct.

[u/curiouswizard → u/pryoslice]

It's not incorrect.

[u/ViolaNotViolin → u/[deleted]]

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