ESL General English Grammar Questions

Re: May / would / could (Guest:Lamboo)

Anonymous — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 04:27:20 GMT

Hi my Dear friend,
This is Pavan Kumar

would is used to say about determination like " i would finish this work " and another usage is the that is to express past habitual actions "i would go on foot to school when i was studying 8th standard" like that. and could is used to say about past ability "i could give the seminar infront of 100 members" and could is used to make polite expressions "could u please move a little bit " and when we want to express the indirect speech also at the time COULD is used. anthony said, "i can do this work". anthony said that He could do that work. like that and so many expressions and usages are there with could.

Re: May / would / could (Guest:Lamboo)

Anonymous — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 07:05:31 GMT

He might come if he has no task to do.

Re: May / would / could (Guest:Lamboo)

Sksj — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 05:38:08 GMT

very good explalnation.

good job guys

Re: May / would / could (Guest:Lamboo)

Shkwab — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 12:36:09 GMT

Still I am confused, will you please explain me clearly.

Re: May / would / could (Guest:Lamboo)

Marius Hancu — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 13:20:13 GMT

Anonymous wrote:
pls explain how to use the May, Would, could and especially might. Most of the time iam getting problems using the might.

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Re: May / would / could (Guest:Lamboo)

Anonymous — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 08:24:21 GMT

how can use will , whould, can, may

Re: May / would / could (Guest:Lamboo)

Anonymous — Sat, 10 Dec 2005 23:59:57 GMT

I Think that is the same

-could and might: past Conditional

-can and may: pRESENT

-WOULD: fUTURE CONDITIONAL

Re: May / would / could (Guest:Lamboo)

Anonymous — Mon, 21 Nov 2005 10:46:15 GMT

pls explain how to use the May, Would, could and especially might. Most of the time iam getting problems using the might.

Re: May / would / could (Guest:Lamboo)

CalifJim — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 05:59:06 GMT

I'm not sure that would work. "deberÃa" and "debiera" (even "debe" or "debÃa" sometimes) are more like "should". "podrÃa" and "pudiera" (even "puede" or "podÃa") are more like "could".

CJ

Re: May / would / could (Guest:Lamboo)

Innuendo — Mon, 24 Oct 2005 16:45:50 GMT

CalifJim, can you tell me something about could? is possible that the translation would be "deberia"?

thanksss!

Re: May / would / could (Guest:Lamboo)

CalifJim — Mon, 24 Oct 2005 16:20:56 GMT

Each of these translates into Spanish, or any other language, in multiple ways, so it is impossible to list them all.
The most common translations of "would" and "would have", however, are through the Spanish conditional and past conditional tenses.

He would do it Lo harÃa.
He would have done it. Lo habrÃa hecho.

"may" and "might" are often translated with forms of "poder" ("puede ser que") or "es possible que".

There are no one-to-one (word-for-word) translations.

CJ

Re: May / would / could (Guest:Lamboo)

Innuendo — Mon, 24 Oct 2005 15:21:09 GMT

Guest wrote:
Could someone explain the difference in the follwing sentences with one exapmles (if patience permitting)
he may come
he may have come
he would come
he would have come
he might come
he could come
he could have come

Somebody can translate to spanish?

Thanks!

Re: May / would / could (Guest:Lamboo)

Abhishek Singh — Mon, 24 Oct 2005 14:51:04 GMT

Gill0419 wrote:
he may come (to ask for or to give permission)
he may have come (to show possibility & form in past)
he would come (to indicate a repeated action in the past)
he would have come (to show advisability after the fact)
he might come (to show possibility)
he could come (to suggest a possibility or to give an option)
he could have come(to show a past opportunity)

hello

Anonymous — Sun, 24 Jul 2005 00:03:40 GMT

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Re: May / would / could (Guest:Lamboo)

pieanne — Fri, 22 Jul 2005 16:27:45 GMT

I could do something (today) - perhaps I'll do it

I could have done something (yesterday) - I didn't do it