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Tenjing Posted 12 years ago
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could've

One boy and one girl ride a train. There is only one seat empty on the train. The boy takes the seat without asking her girlfriend. After a few minutes the get off somewhere. Now the girl is so angry at her boyfriend because he didn't ask her to take a seat. She says, "you could have given me a seat if you had wanted to". Here the use of "could've" is correct?
  

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tenjing The boy takes the seat without asking her his girlfriend. tenjing ... you could have given me a seat if you had wanted to".

— CalifJim

  • tenjing The boy takes the seat without asking her his girlfriend.
  • tenjing ...
  • you could have given me a seat if you had wanted to".
  • Is the use of "could've" correct here ?
  • Yes.
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tenjingThe boy takes the seat without asking her his girlfriend.
tenjing ... you could have given me a seat if you had wanted to". Is the use of "could've" correct here?
Yes. That's fine.

CJ
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