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Bball1 Posted 10 years ago
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coud've/would've

Are both OK: If I wanted to take you to small claims court I could've filed the papers months ago.

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If I wanted to take you to small claims court I would've filed the papers months ago.

What's the difference?
  

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bball1 What's the difference? could = would + be able to I [could have filed / would have been able to file] the papers. CJ

  • bball1 What's the difference?
  • could = would + be able to I [could have filed / would have been able to file] the papers.
  • CJ
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bball1What's the difference?
could = would + be able to

I [could have filed / would have been able to file] the papers.

CJ

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