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Vsuresh Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

could

Hi

Is the use of could OK here?

Road accidents are very common these days. There are many reasons for that. One of them is the drivers could be careless.
  

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Road accidents are very common these days. There are many reasons for that. One of them is that drivers can be careless.

— GPY

  • Road accidents are very common these days.
  • There are many reasons for that.
  • One of them is that drivers can be careless.
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Road accidents are very common these days. There are many reasons for that. One of them is that drivers can be careless.
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Thank you, GPY.
I knew that can is fine in that sentence. I wanted to know if could can be used as an indication of tentativeness, that is, the person faintly thinks so.
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"could" is not a very good fit for this sentence.
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