Thread: modal auxiliary 'could'
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Old 28-Apr-2005, 08:15
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Default Re: modal auxiliary 'could'
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I would agree with your assumption.

. . . couldn't have . . . . (impossibility)
. . . couldn't. . . . (inability)
Could you . . . ? (request)
. . . could either . . . or I could . . . . (possibility)
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