[Grammar] It couldn’t get up early yesterday

[donotknowyeah]

Hi��

1.I couldn’t get up early yesterday (o)
2.I could get up early yesterday (x)

why second sentence is wrong?
I cant understand��

If your guys reply to the question, it makes me happy�� thank u

 

[emsr2d2]

Hi.

1. It couldn’t get up early yesterday. (o) This "o" in a circle means nothing to me. Perhaps you meant to find a :tick:
2. It could get up early yesterday. (x)

Why is the second sentence [STRIKE]is[/STRIKE] wrong?
I can't understand.

If [STRIKE]your[/STRIKE] you [STRIKE]guys[/STRIKE] reply to the question, it [STRIKE]makes[/STRIKE] will make me happy. Thank you.

Please note my corrections above, in red. An emoticon is not a replacement for a closing punctuation mark. All sentences should end with a full stop, a question mark or an exclamation mark. Note the correct word order for a question "Why is the second sentence ...?" not "Why the second sentence is ...?"

Both sentences are currently ungrammatical because "It" doesn't make sense at the start.

 

[donotknowyeah]

Yup. That is my mistake ��

 

[emsr2d2]

Yup. That is my mistake ��

In my previous post, I said that you shouldn't use an emoticon instead of a closing punctuation mark. Please click on Edit Post and add a full stop after "mistake". Also, I'm not sure what emoticon you tried to use there, but as you can see, on screen it is two odd question marks in a diamond. If you need an emoticon, click on the button in the toolbar and choose one. However, please use them sparingly.

 

[donotknowyeah]

yup. sorry, that's my mistake. I want to learn about my question.

 

[jutfrank]

When talking about a particular instance of past ability, it is usually okay to use the negative form couldn't but not the positive form could.

You can say instead:

I was able to get up early yesterday.