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Rizan Malik Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

Can/could for asking questions

How do we ask questions using "can/could"?

1) a) Can man live without food?
b) Can men/women live without women/men?

2) a) Could man live without food?
b) Could men/women live without women/men?

3) a) Could man have lived without food?
b) Could men/women have lived without women/men?

  

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Rizan Malik How do we ask questions using "can/could"? We ask them just as you have written them. All of your examples of questions with can and could are correct.

— CalifJim

  • Rizan Malik How do we ask questions using "can/could"?
  • We ask them just as you have written them.
  • All of your examples of questions with can and could are correct.
  • CJ
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Rizan MalikHow do we ask questions using "can/could"?

We ask them just as you have written them.

All of your examples of questions with can and could are correct.

CJ

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Differences.

These are the basics. I don't claim to have covered every possible nuance of meaning you may encounter in your reading or conversation.

1) Here can asks directly if something is possible. Or, stated differently, whether the subject of the sentence has the ability to do something.

Can man live without food?
~ Is it possible for m

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