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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

I could fail in the test

"If I don't study English hard, I could fail in the test" Here in this sentence, "could" is used to guess actual events or for subjunctive past? I think to guess is used. What do you think? Thank you in advance.
  

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" -- 'Could' expresses future possibility

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  • " -- 'Could' expresses future possibility
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"If I don't study English hard, I could fail the test." -- 'Could' expresses future possibility
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Thank you sir. Then instead of "could" can I use "can" in the sentence?
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Yes, but it is not usual.
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