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Loveview2003 Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

can,could &will, would

0Hi all,02br
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00 I am Vicky. I am speaking english from last 6 months but still I don't know proper usage of would and could. As would & could are past forms of will,could respectively so I think we can only use these in the following ways:02br
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00 I could do it, if you had helped me. --(talking about past--I think no problem with the sentence)02br
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00 If you have given me these documents earlier, I would have done this work many-many times back. --(Agian talking about past.Hence sentence is o.k.)02br
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00Now the things which confuse me a lot02br
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00 I would like to give thanks to sam on this auspicous ocassion. --(he wants to give thanks,not given yet means will ,will be appropriate as he is talking about future)02br
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00 Could I take leave of tommorrow ? --(could is past form of can. Again i guess sentence has some problem)02br
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00I have heard these sentences a lot of time.I want to know while the time of talking they were reffering to future(leave tommorrow,he is giving in present) but why they are using past form of verbs with it.0-
  

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0 I could do it, if you had helped me. (here could means the ability)02font 02br 02br 00 If you have given me these documents earlier, I would have done this work many-many times back. 02font 02br 02br 00Now the things which confuse me a lot02br 02br 00 I would like to give thanks to sam on this auspicous ocassion.

  • 0 I could do it, if you had helped me.
  • (here could means the ability)02font 02br 02br 00 If you have given me these documents earlier, I would have done this work many-many times back.
  • 02font 02br 02br 00Now the things which confuse me a lot02br 02br 00 I would like to give thanks to sam on this auspicous ocassion.
  • 02i 00 tell us about future too but in a polite manner.
  • 02font 02br 02br 00 Could I take leave of tommorrow ?
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0 I could do it, if you had helped me. --(talking about past--I think no problem with the sentence)---I01font00 could have done it if you had helped me/If you had helped me, I could do it now.(here could means the ability)02font02br
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00 If you have given me these documents earlier, I would have done this work many-m

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