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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Could and can

which grammar is correct, i love you and i cannot explain why or i love you and i could not explain why
  

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Anonymous I love you and I CANNOT explain why I love you and I COULD NOT explain why The first one is standard. The whole phrase is in the present, so CAN and CANNOT/CAN'T are appropriate. COULD and COULDN'T can be used in several ways.

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  • Anonymous I love you and I CANNOT explain why I love you and I COULD NOT explain why The first one is standard.
  • The whole phrase is in the present, so CAN and CANNOT/CAN'T are appropriate.
  • COULD and COULDN'T can be used in several ways.
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AnonymousI love you and I CANNOT explain why
I love you and I COULD NOT explain why
The first one is standard. The whole phrase is in the present, so CAN and CANNOT/CAN'T are appropriate.
COULD and COULDN'T can be used in several ways. In the second sentence, "COULD NOT" might mean "WAS NOT ABLE TO, AT SOME TIME IN THE PAST" (e.g. "I tried, but I COULD NOT li
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AnonymousWhich grammar is correct?

"I love you and I cannot explain why."

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"I love you and I could not explain why."


Please try to use correct capitalization and punctuation while asking questions about the proper use of English.

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Both seems flawless. Difference is time. you can use both of them. Emotion: toivo
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