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MFarooq Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Could
Hello,
In what sense, could is used in the following dialogue?
Ann: What do you mean by sense of humor?
Ruth: Well, both boys get to drinking and they can say any thing but not to mean it.
Ann: I do not care that they said it. I do not even care that Daddy heard it. I just mind it that Donald did not mind it.
Ruth: You even do not know what it was.
Ann: It was bad enough to make Daddy leave the party.
Ruth: How sensitive fathers are. He probably did not stop to think it was true or not?
Ann: True? How it could be true?
Ruth: I do not know.
1- Is she asking question politely?
OR
2- Showing to past ability?
OR
3- Showing to possibility?
Thank you
In what sense, could is used in the following dialogue?
Ann: What do you mean by sense of humor?
Ruth: Well, both boys get to drinking and they can say any thing but not to mean it.
Ann: I do not care that they said it. I do not even care that Daddy heard it. I just mind it that Donald did not mind it.
Ruth: You even do not know what it was.
Ann: It was bad enough to make Daddy leave the party.
Ruth: How sensitive fathers are. He probably did not stop to think it was true or not?
Ann: True? How it could be true?
Ruth: I do not know.
1- Is she asking question politely?
OR
2- Showing to past ability?
OR
3- Showing to possibility?
Thank you
Top answer
I think several errors have crept into this transcription. " is not a natural sentence at that point. " was meant.
- I think several errors have crept into this transcription.
- " is not a natural sentence at that point.
- " was meant.
- The preceding sentence does not seem quite right either.
- Please check that the dialogue has been transcribed exactly correctly.
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I think several errors have crept into this transcription. "How it could be true?" is not a natural sentence at that point. Perhaps "How could it be true?" was meant. The preceding sentence does not seem quite right either. Please check that the dialogue has been transcribed exactly correctly.
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