Can or may: Ability and permission
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Can indicates that a person has the skill, strength, or opportunity to do an action. In everyday speech, it also asks for and grants permission. May indicates that an event has a chance of occurring in the future or that an action is permitted according to formal rules and polite requests.
Elena can operate the lab equipment without supervision.