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Tung Quoc Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

could vs might

You could have talked to your teacher.

=You might have talked to your teacher.

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Basically very close indeed. html There might be some accents: 1st: accentuates the lost potentiality of the person who "could" in terms of doing the job (you had the power/potential of doing it, but you didn't) 2st: accentuates the lost potentiality of the event/opportunity (there was an opportunity for you for doing that, but that didn't materialize)

— Marius Hancu

  • Basically very close indeed.
  • html There might be some accents: 1st: accentuates the lost potentiality of the person who "could" in terms of doing the job (you had the power/potential of doing it, but you didn't) 2st: accentuates the lost potentiality of the event/opportunity (there was an opportunity for you for doing that, but that didn't materialize)
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Basically very close indeed.
http://www.fortunecity.com/bally/durrus/153/gramch10.html

There might be some accents:

1st: accentuates the lost potentiality of the person who "could" in terms of doing the job (you had the power/potential
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The same explanation with:

You could talk to your teacher.

and:

You might talk to your teacher. ?

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