Couldn't have*Past participle
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Does "couldn't have* Past larticiple" express negative possibility in the following sentence?
- He couldn't have lived here.
As
- He might not have lived here.
Or it expresses negative certainty as:
- He can't have lived here.
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JA
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Joseph A Does "couldn't have* Past participle" express negative possibility in the following sentence? Actually, impossibility in the past. You are in New York City.
- Joseph A Does "couldn't have* Past participle" express negative possibility in the following sentence?
- Actually, impossibility in the past.
- You are in New York City.
- You are talking about your friend, Ishtar, who was born in Cairo, Egypt and has no passport.
- She has never travelled outside of Egypt.
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Joseph ADoes "couldn't have* Past participle" express negative possibility in the following sentence?
Actually, impossibility in the past.
You are in New York City. You are talking about your friend, Ishtar, who was born in Cairo, Egypt and has no passport. She has never travelled outside of Egypt.
A: I remember seeing Ishtar about ten years a
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