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Hasibul Alam Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

What is the difference?

I would have to take you there.I could have to take you there.
  

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More context would be useful. Generally, "I would have to ~" expresses a necessity in some hypothetical situation, or in order to achieve some envisaged result, while "I could have to ~" expresses a possible necessity. To me, it is slightly questionable whether "I could have to ~" is perfectly correct English, though it would be accepted colloquially.

— GPY

  • More context would be useful.
  • Generally, "I would have to ~" expresses a necessity in some hypothetical situation, or in order to achieve some envisaged result, while "I could have to ~" expresses a possible necessity.
  • To me, it is slightly questionable whether "I could have to ~" is perfectly correct English, though it would be accepted colloquially.
  • Opinions may vary.
  • The number of Google hits for "I could have to" is remarkably low, I would even say implausibly low.
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More context would be useful. Generally, "I would have to ~" expresses a necessity in some hypothetical situation, or in order to achieve some envisaged result, while "I could have to ~" expresses a possible necessity. To me, it is slightly questionable whether "I could have to ~" is perfectly correct English, though it would be accepted colloquially. Opinions may vary. The number of Google hi

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Hasibul AlamI could have to take you there.

No.

The only modal verbs that regularly occur before have to are will, would, may, and might. If I were you, I would avoid the others, e.g., can, could, should, and must.

Here are a few examples of those combinations which are more commonly seen:

I will have

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Hasibul AlamI would have to take you there.
I could have to take you there.

Setting aside the problems with "could have to", in the general case "could" often contains the idea of "would", just as "can" often contains the idea of "will". Thus, often can = will be able to and could = would be able to.

will and would inc

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