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Rizan Malik Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

Could=might be able to

Can you please give me an example where could might be used as meaning might be able to?

  

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A: Could you help me with this? B: I suppose I might be able to / could. This is nearly the same meaning.

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  • A: Could you help me with this?
  • B: I suppose I might be able to / could.
  • This is nearly the same meaning.
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A: Could you help me with this?
B: I suppose I might be able to / could.

This is nearly the same meaning.

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Rizan Malik

Can you please give me an example where could might be used as meaning might be able to?

'could' can more frequently be paraphrased as 'would be able to', but in some cases 'might be able to' will work.

I called anyone who might be able to recommend a painter.
You need to discuss with

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