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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Wouldn't/couldn't

Hi,
here's the sentence:
"so….
today i was out with my friend Jamie and paparazzi wouldn't stop asking me where samantha was."
why doesn't she use "couldn't" instead of "wouldn't"?
if it was me, i would never think about using "wouldn't" lol ..
Elly.
  

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Outside Albania people might say: Today I was outdoors with my friend Jamie and paparazzi kept asking me where Samantha was. CB

— Cool Breeze

  • Outside Albania people might say: Today I was outdoors with my friend Jamie and paparazzi kept asking me where Samantha was.
  • CB
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Outside Albania people might say: Today I was outdoors with my friend Jamie and paparazzi kept asking me where Samantha was.

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Elidawhy doesn't she use "couldn't" instead of "wouldn't"?
Because "couldn't" means they didn't have the ability to stop asking. Surely they had the ability to stop asking. They could have just shut their mouths and remained silent! "wouldn't" means they didn't want to stop asking, that is, they refused to stop asking, which is more like what really
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Cool BreezeOutside Albania people might say: Today I was outdoors with my friend Jamie and paparazzi kept asking me where Samantha was.

CB

actually, that's quite normal to us.
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