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Which are correct:
1) I wasn't afraid of walking on the frozen lake. The ice was too thick. It couldn't break.
2) I wasn't afraid of walking on the frozen lake. The ice was too thick. It couldn't have broken.
3) I was afraid of sitting on that old chair though. It could give way under my weight.
4) I was afraid of sitting on that old chair though. It could have given way under my weight.
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navitasan Which are correct I'd go with 2 and 4. 1 and 3 sound a bit "off" to my ear. "is" goes with "could (not)", and "was" goes with "could (not) have".
- navitasan Which are correct I'd go with 2 and 4.
- 1 and 3 sound a bit "off" to my ear.
- "is" goes with "could (not)", and "was" goes with "could (not) have".
- ) CJ
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navitasanWhich are correct
I'd go with 2 and 4. 1 and 3 sound a bit "off" to my ear.
"is" goes with "could (not)", and "was" goes with "could (not) have".
(I think you'd be understood to mean 2 and 4 if you said 1 and 3.)
CJ
0navitasan1) I wasn't afraid of walking on the frozen lake. The ice was too thick. It couldn't break.
You weren't afraid to walk there, not of walking there. The ice wasn't too thick. It was thick enough. It could break, if, say. you drove a full cement truck out onto it.
This is not a natural utterance, but it is possible, I suppose. I would expect ma
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