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Liveinjapan Posted 18 years ago
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Couldn't begin to fathom
One thing that's helped the Kindle is marketing. Where other readers failed to connect with consumers, the Kindle has excelled. The media-savvy Bezos has hardly been publicity shy, gaining his electronic toy a level of exposure most CEOs couldn't begin to fathom.
Kindle is a name of a electronic device.
Is couldn't the past form of 'can'?
Does the underlined part means:
Most CEO couldn't understand this exposure
Right?
How the words 'begin to' work?
Thanks
Kindle is a name of a electronic device.
Is couldn't the past form of 'can'?
Does the underlined part means:
Most CEO couldn't understand this exposure
Right?
How the words 'begin to' work?
Thanks
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-- Yes, used as a hypothetical verb. -- Right: Couldn't understand at all . -- the meaning is 'at all'.
- -- Yes, used as a hypothetical verb.
- -- Right: Couldn't understand at all .
- -- the meaning is 'at all'.
- I can't even begin to sympathize with the Mumbai terrorists.
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Is couldn't the past form of 'can'?-- Yes, used as a hypothetical verb.
Does the underlined part means:
Most CEO couldn't understand this level of ( = amount of) exposure
Right?-- Right: Couldn't understand at all.
How the words 'begin to' work?-- the meaning is 'at all'. I can't even begin to sympath
Is couldn't the past form of 'can'?-- Yes, used as a hypothetical verb.
Does the underlined part means:
Most CEO couldn't understand this level of ( = amount of) exposure
Right?-- Right: Couldn't understand at all.
How the words 'begin to' work?-- the meaning is 'at all'. I can't even begin to sympath
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