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Car bee 667 Posted 4 years ago
Grammar
Can or Could
Is it possible to replace Could with Can in this case? Would it change the meaning of the sentence? What is the difference in this case?
[Wife and husband had had dinner. Wife is talking to her son]
Wife: Finish it up. Then I'll wash the dishes.
Husband: We could leave it all till later.
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car bee 667 Wife is talking to her son Hmm. Her son doesn't have much to say, does he? car bee 667 We could leave it all till later.
- car bee 667 Wife is talking to her son Hmm.
- Her son doesn't have much to say, does he?
- car bee 667 We could leave it all till later.
- Yes, you can replace 'could' with 'can'.
- Here are some paraphrases that show the difference: We can leave it ~ It is possible for us to leave it We could leave it ~ It would be possible for us to leave it That's basically the difference between "is" and "would be".
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car bee 667Wife is talking to her son
Hmm. Her son doesn't have much to say, does he?
car bee 667We could leave it all till later.
Yes, you can replace 'could' with 'can'. Here are some paraphrases that show the difference:
We can leave it ~ It is possible for us to leave it
We could leave it
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