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New2grammar Posted 18 years ago
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couldn't [have] come at a better time

0I need this car so badly. It couldn't [have] come at a better time.02br
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00Which is better, with or without?02br
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0Hi,02br 02br 01font 00I need this car so badly. 02br 02br 01font 00It couldn't have come at a better time. 02font 00 I don't have it at the time of speaking.

— Clive

  • 0Hi,02br 02br 01font 00I need this car so badly.
  • 02br 02br 01font 00It couldn't have come at a better time.
  • 02font 00 I don't have it at the time of speaking.
  • 02br 02br 00We don't usually speak of a car 'coming' like this.
  • 02br 02br 00Best wishes, Clive0-
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0Hi,02br
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01font00I need this car so badly. It couldn't [have] come at a better time.02font02br
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01font00Which is better, with or without?02font00 Both are OK, with different meanings.02br
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01font00It couldn't have come at
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0I agree. Here's the entire scenario and let me know if it makes sense to you.02br
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00I have been without a car my entire life but I'm going to college next week. All of a sudden, I get a call from a contest I signed up a couple of weeks ago and the guy tells me I win a car. So I should say "I coudn't come at a better time" right?02br
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0 No. 02br
01i00It 01b00couldn't have02b00 come at a better time.02i02br
00because imagining a better time is impossible, and imagining in the past can only be done with "could have." 0-
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0Hi,02br
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01font00I have been without a car my entire life but I'm going to college next week. All of a sudden, I get a call from a contest I signed up a couple of weeks ago and the guy tells me I win a car. So I should say "I coudn't come at a better time" right?02font02br
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00The tenses here need improving.02
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Indian cricket team lost first two test match against England, india faced lot of critics from former indian cricket legends and fans, however india won the third match. In the press conference Kohli said.

We needed this win and could not have come at better time

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