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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Speculation

Can we use CAN and COULD for present and past speculations?

  

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Anonymous Can we use CAN and COULD for present and past speculations? The word 'speculation' covers a lot of situations. 'can' is not normally associated with speculation as I understand it.

— CalifJim

  • Anonymous Can we use CAN and COULD for present and past speculations?
  • The word 'speculation' covers a lot of situations.
  • 'can' is not normally associated with speculation as I understand it.
  • 'could' (or even more often 'may' or 'might') is used to speculate about something that is not in the past.
  • 'could have' ( or even more often 'may have' or 'might have') is used to speculate about something that is in that past.
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Anonymous

Can we use CAN and COULD for present and past speculations?

The word 'speculation' covers a lot of situations. 'can' is not normally associated with speculation as I understand it.

'could' (or even more often 'may' or 'might') is used to speculate about something that is not in the past.
'could have' ( or even more often 'may hav

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