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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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What does 'could' show? Possibility! What kind of possibility? And would it be possible to substitute it for 'would be possible'?

If I made a mistake, I could do damage to a lot of people.
  

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Anonymous If I made a mistake, I could do damage to a lot of people. It's a second conditional sentence showing an imaginary possibility . You're imagining what could happen if you did something (made a mistake).

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  • Anonymous If I made a mistake, I could do damage to a lot of people.
  • It's a second conditional sentence showing an imaginary possibility .
  • You're imagining what could happen if you did something (made a mistake).
  • Anonymous would it be possible to substitute it for 'would be possible'?
  • No, not in your sentence.
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AnonymousIf I made a mistake, I could do damage to a lot of people.
It's a second conditional sentence showing an imaginary possibility. You're imagining what could happen if you did something (made a mistake).
Anonymouswould it be possible to substitute it for 'would be possible'?
No, not in your senten
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Anonymouswould it be possible to substitute it for 'would be possible'?
Only indirectly.

It is possible that if I made a mistake I would do damage to a lot of people.

CJ
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