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Tara2 Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Can/could

Hi

If we had the sentence below how should we know the husband has said "Can you answer the phone? I'm having a shower." or "Could you answer the phone? I'm having a shower."

"He asked his wife if she could answer the phone. "

  

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Tara2 Hi If we had the sentence below how should do we know if the husband has said "Can you answer the phone? " or "Could you answer the phone? " "He asked his wife if she could answer the phone.

— CalifJim

  • Tara2 Hi If we had the sentence below how should do we know if the husband has said "Can you answer the phone?
  • " or "Could you answer the phone?
  • " "He asked his wife if she could answer the phone.
  • " We do not, and we cannot.
  • Making a report of what someone else said is like emptying all the salt out of a salt shaker.
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Tara2

Hi

If we had the sentence below how should do we know if the husband has said "Can you answer the phone? I'm having a shower." or "Could you answer the phone? I'm having a shower."
"He asked his wife if she could answer the phone. "

We do

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