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Dhani konda Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

What does could represents? Capability or requesting. Please give examples for these 2 .

Could you bring that box to me, please?
  

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It's a polite request.

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  • It's a polite request.
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It's a polite request.
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dhani konda Could you bring that box to me, please?
All of the following are about the same and they are all roughly equivalent to "Please bring me that box". They are arranged in order of politeness with the most polite first.

Could you please bring that box to me?
Would you please bring that box to me?
Can you please bring that box to me?
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dhani konda Please give examples
To use "could" for capability, you usually need to establish past time with some context.

When Jack was younger, he could do push-ups very easily.
Cheryl could dance the tango very well when she lived in Argentina.
Just before Louise graduated from high school, she could name all the U.S. presi
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