Gee, I don't agree with all of his choices. I would say "They might be living in New York" to express a situation in the present that I was unsure of. "They could live in New York" expresses a future possibility.
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Thread: Modal Verbs of Probability
- 17-Dec-2003, 11:41 #1
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Modal Verbs of Probability Modal verbs of probability are used to express an opinion of the speaker based on information that the speaker has. Example: He must be at work, it's 10 o'clock. In this case, the speaker is 100 % sure that the...
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Modal verbs of probability:
- can, could, will, would, shall
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