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Can or Could?

Education & Reference by Anonymous 2018-07-17 15:15:42

Social Science

Can or Could?

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If you want to honest, you (can/could) tell him that you are not going tomorrow.

  • Anonymous

    Simple matter of first or second conditional. If you want to, you can. If you wanted to, you could. Bonus: If you had wanted to, you could have.

  • Anonymous

    Can

  • Anonymous

    Firstly, you need to put the word 'be' before 'honest'. Then it would be either : If you WANT to be honest, you CAN tell him ..... or If you WANTED to be honest, you COULD tell him ......

  • Anonymous

    match the tenses according to the conditional rules. not a question of veracity or certainty. you would be able to (you could) if you wanted. You are able to (you can) tell him if you want.

  • Anonymous

    For correct grammar: If you want, you can. If you wanted, you could.

  • Anonymous

    'Can' is better because you want to be honest and definite but 'would' means maybe. The word 'be' is missing in the sentence.

  • Anonymous

    Can means one is able to do (whatever) where as could means, given the opportunity, one may be able to do (whatever). Consider this: If you want to be honest, you could say you're not going tomorrow.

  • Anonymous

    Use "should".

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