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Annabelle1654 Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
Could as the past tense of can or used as a modal
A student gave me this sentence.
"Your calendar looks full - it's all filled in - we hope you could postpone the other appointment."
This sounds wrong to me but I really can't explain why.
Can someone help me with this?
Thanks in advance,
Belles
"Your calendar looks full - it's all filled in - we hope you could postpone the other appointment."
This sounds wrong to me but I really can't explain why.
Can someone help me with this?
Thanks in advance,
Belles
Top answer
annabelle1654 we hope you could postpone ... Here's the problem. You have changed the point of view from present to past in this sentence.
- annabelle1654 we hope you could postpone ...
- Here's the problem.
- You have changed the point of view from present to past in this sentence.
- Use one of the following, both of which maintain the same point of view throughout: .
- we hope you can postpone we hoped you could postpone .
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annabelle1654we hope you could postpone ...Here's the problem. You have changed the point of view from present to past in this sentence. Use one of the following, both of which maintain the same point of view throughout:
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we hope you can postpone
we hoped you could postpone
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