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- modal verbs - cant versus couldnt, what is the difference . . .
That can't be Obama at the door, it's too early That couldn't be Obama at the door, it's too early What is the difference between them? Are they almost the same?
- couldnt vs wouldnt - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
Let see this example: I hid the presents so that she wouldn't find them I hid the presents so that she couldn't find them The dictionary said: so that in order that somebody something would:
- differences - cant have been vs. couldnt have been - English Language . . .
Couldn't is better in all of these cases, because its epistemic sense is very close to that of can, and epistemic could is not restricted to negative contexts like epistemic can That's why can't have been sounds odd; yes it's grammatical there, but why use a special restricted form when the normal form is couldn't?
- tense - wouldnt vs. wont couldnt vs cant - English . . .
If we were talking about the importance of energy and that even machines need it what should we say? What's the difference between these two sentences: Machines wouldn't work without energy amp;
- meaning - Difference between cant and couldnt - English Language . . .
In these cases, "can't have" is being used to denote disbelief or incredulity, while "couldn't have" is being used to denote an impossibility Can and could are modal verbs, and represent present and preterite forms respectively The preterite is not necessarily used to refer to past time, such as in this case, where it's being used in the subjunctive mood, expressing the possibility of
- idioms - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Are there any phrases like "Couldn't organise a piss-up in a brewery" or "Couldn't organise a root in a brothel" that are reasonably common, indicate organisational incompetence, have a degree of i
- Difference between couldnt and wasnt able to
I don't quite understand a difference between "couldn't" and "wasn't able to" Someone suggested that we use "wasn't able to" when we talk about one action in the past and "couldn't" when repeated
- word usage - couldnt help vs. couldnt help but: do they have same . . .
She could not help laughing She could not help but laugh I read somewhere that can't help means "cannot stop" and can't help but means "do only the activity, nothing else"
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