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Nokia88 Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

"could" or "shall"

0Would anyone kindly explain which is right ( 01b01font00could02font02b00 or 01font01b00shall02b02font00 ) and why?02br
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00(1)."John, if you work hard enough you 01font01b00could02b02font00 have an admission ticket to Michael Jackson's concert." father 01b01u00promised02u02b00 to his son. 02br
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00(2)."John, if you work hard enough you 01font01b00shall02b02font00 have an admission ticket to Michael Jackson's concert." father 01b01u00promised02u02b00 to his son.02br
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00(3)."John, if you work hard enough you 01font01b00could02b02font00 have an admission ticket to Michael Jackson's concert." father 01b01u00said02u02b00.02br
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00(4).."John, if you work hard enough you 01font01b00shall02b02font00 have an admission ticket to Michael Jackson's concert." father 01b01u00said02u02b00.02br
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01b01font00your advice will be very much appreciated!02br
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0 I would use 01i00shall02i00 for the promise and 01i00can02i00 (not 01i00could02i00) for the statement.02br
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00you 01b00could02b00 get an admission ticket to Michael Jackson's concert, If you work hard00 0-
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1font01b00Big Thanks to 01font00CalifJim02font00 and 01font00Creativeguru02font02b00!02font02br
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