What is the difference between can and could?
What is the difference between can and could?
asked Mar 11 '11 at 02:10
bridgit brown
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Can is a sense of reality. So when you say something "can," you mean to say that it is currently doable. Could has the weight of fantasy, like "possible." So when you say "could," you mean to say that it is possible but there's usually some unsaid clause to make that possible.
For example, let's say you want to watch TV and you have a television. Well in that case, you CAN watch TV because you have a television. If you didn't, you'd say "We COULD watch TV (if we had a television)."
I hope that somewhat helps :/
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edited Mar 11 '11 at 20:03
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Iamnot sure but I guess at can it is a Auxiliary verb and could is the canverb comer.
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answered Mar 11 '11 at 07:55
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