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LeGion12359 Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Simple English Conversation

Q.1
Hasan: Where is Talha?
Me: He could be on the bus.
Can I say the above sentence like this without changing It's meaning:
He can be on the bus?

Q.2
Hasan: Where is Talha?
Me: He can't me at home.
Can I say the above sentence like this without changing It's meaning:
He must not me at home?
  

Top answer

1. , It's possible but not as natural as the original. ) There is no apostrophe in possessive its .

— Fivejedjon

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  • , It's possible but not as natural as the original.
  • ) There is no apostrophe in possessive its .
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1. No
2., It's possible but not as natural as the original. (Note the typo, me be.)

There is no apostrophe in possessive its.
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fivejedjon1. No
Why no? Because the situation is specific that's why?
fivejedjon2., It's possible but not as natural as the original. (Note the typo, me be.)
Thank you.
fivejedjonThere is no apostrophe in possessive its.
Sorry, I mistakenly did that in haste
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LeGion12359Why no? Because the situation is specific that's why?
We do not normally use can in the affirmative to indicate possibility, though we can use the negative: He can't be on the bus.
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fivejedjonWe do not normally use can in the affirmative to indicate possibility, though we can use the negative: He can't be on the bus.
So much limitations in English
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LeGion12359He can be on the bus?
No. The only choices you have are 'may', 'might', and 'could' for the meaning you want there.

CJ
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LeGion12359If I want to say it in past then should it be like this:Hasan: Where was he?Me: He could have been on the bus.Correct?
Yes.
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fivejedjonYes.
Thank you once again teacherEmotion: smile
One last question,If I am not wrong you said a
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Perhaps you can provide a link to that post so I can see best how to talk myself out of that. I'm am sure that I did not say that modals were infinite verbs -there is no such thing. I am also sure I did not say they were non-finite. Having a subject, they are finite verbs, and they have no non-finite forms.

In the meantime, you should note that the difference between "He could be on the b
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