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Lucas21c Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Could/would

Is "How could/would I pronounce this word?" okay?
  

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" might be acceptable in conversation, but it looks like you are asking someone for the correct way to pronounce the word. So I would say: How should I pronounce this word? Could deals with possibility.

  • " might be acceptable in conversation, but it looks like you are asking someone for the correct way to pronounce the word.
  • So I would say: How should I pronounce this word?
  • Could deals with possibility.
  • ) Does this help?
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"How would I pronounce this word?" might be acceptable in conversation, but it looks like you are asking someone for the correct way to pronounce the word. So I would say: How should I pronounce this word?

Could deals with possibility. So "How could I pronounce this word?" means "what are the possible ways to say this?" (Or: How is it even pos

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