A few days ago
Can or Could??
I know could is the past of can..but idont know where to use it.As sometimes could may be use in present sentence.Please help me..am really weak in english
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You can say, could you please help me, or, are you able to (or would you) help me……the use of could there is certainly not the past tense.
I could not be bothered to help is the past for I can’t (cannot)be bothered to help. Or again I could (would be able) help you in two weeks’ time.
So, use it ‘could’ for the past of ‘can’ and use it instead of ‘would’ for present and future.
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A few days ago
If you are using “could” in the present tense, it is called the subjunctive mood and indicates that the action is a possibility rather than a firm intention. “Can” is a statement as to ability.
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A few days ago
listen its very easy…
could is use to say can in the past
like:-
on monday u can jump 100 times but u only jumped 80 times
and on tuesday..u will say that’ucould jump 100 times on monday but u could not’
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really think about when youre using it in the sentence and it should the wrong way will start to sound funny after repeating it over and over. ha that’s what i do.
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Can and could represent different levels of possibility when used as modals.
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A few days ago
this can be a v ery simple question to answer but it isn’t Lol
can is futuristic, could is what can happen. does that make sense, no?
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A few days ago
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