AEE 2296: Can You Understand This English Grammar?

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San山

2024.10.31

The difference between can and could when we ask questions in the present tense.
Can( a model verb, ability, possibility, obligations)
asking for a permission also making a request.
Ex: can I borrow your pan?
Ex :Can I ask you favor?
Ex: Can you call back later?
Ex: Can you grab me that book?
Ex: Can u please stop making such a racket?
Bonus word: reproach( to criticize to tell people u did something u shouldn't do in a very polite way )
Could
1. the past tense of can; the same meaning as can, but more polite and formal
Ex: Could I borrow your pan? Could I ask you a favor? How could we help? (Both are mpre polite)
2. possibility for past and future.
Ex: We could've gone out, but we decided to stay at home.
Ex: U could win the lottery, if u buy a ticket.
3. past tense of "can"(u were able to)
Ex: When I was younger, I could lift the weights without being soar next day.(talking about ability in the past)
Ex: When we first met, we could talk for hours on the phone.
Ex: When I was a kid, I could run around all day and never get tired.

春色悠悠不及你荡漾233

2024.10.30

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阿Lyn

2024.10.31

AEE 2296: Can You Understand This English Grammar?
1. can , indicates ability, possibility, suggestion, obligation义务职责
asking for permission 请求许可/允许
eg, can i borrow your pen ?
can i ask you a favor ?
making requests 请求要求
eg, can you call back later ?
can you grab me that book ?
making offers
eg, can i help you anything ?
can we do anything for you ?
reproaching / critisize sb 责备申诉批评
eg, can you please stop making that noise?
why can't you just be nice to her instead of upsetting her ?
2. could, not just for the pass tense, the same meaning as can, but sounds more polite, formal and indirect .
eg, could i please have the stakes (in restaurants order food)
could you pass me the bread please ?
could i get anything else ?
to indicated possibility in present and future.
eg, we could have gone out but we decided to stay home .
you could won the lottery博彩if you buy a ticket.
use could in pass tense.
the ability we have in the pass.
eg, when i was younger, i could lift weights without being sore 疼痛酸痛 the next day.
= when i was younger, i was able to lift weights without being sore the next day.
when we first met, we could talk for hours on the phone.

when i was a kid, i could run around all day and never get tired. (i can do this in the pass)
same, i can't do that now.(i couldn't do that now)
did you hand out with friends a lot in your neighborhoods ?
oh yep we go in the neighbors and say can Molly come out and play ?
same we all play at the backyard until my mom would came out and say can you please stop making such a racket吵闹 ?
and in the backyard it could be a desaster we have to clean it up.
my friends are pretty good at about asking help they could help though.

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