http://www.englishforums.com/English/GeneralEnglishGrammarQuestions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here.enCSMOD (Build: 3191.21962)http://www.englishforums.com/English/WeCouldntLeaveTheFarm/gcxrr/post.htm#514998Sat, 17 May 2008 20:54:19 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:514998Huevos0http://www.englishforums.com/English/WeCouldntLeaveTheFarm/gcxrr/post.htm#514998http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-514998.xml<BLOCKQUOTE><div><img src="/Themes/englishforums/images/icon-quote.gif"> <strong>Jesusengland</strong></div><div>We couldn&#39;t leave the farm.</div></BLOCKQUOTE> There&#39;s no context to know, eg, because we liked it too much, because their was no one to look after the animals, because I had a broken leg, because we had been locked in so we couldn&#39;t escape, because the car had no fuel, because we were snowed in.<div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/WeCouldntLeaveTheFarm/gcnqq/post.htm#514997Sat, 17 May 2008 20:47:37 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:514997Ant_2221http://www.englishforums.com/English/WeCouldntLeaveTheFarm/gcnqq/post.htm#514997http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-514997.xmlHello.<br /><br /> To me it sounds like an expression of ability. To express a possibility I&#39;d say: &quot;We could stay at the farm&quot;.<div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/WeCouldntLeaveTheFarm/gcnng/post.htmSat, 17 May 2008 16:51:48 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:514936Jesusengland2http://www.englishforums.com/English/WeCouldntLeaveTheFarm/gcnng/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-514936.xml<div id="post_message_5059428">Hello.<br /><br />What express &quot;couldn&#39;t&quot; in this sentence? Ability? Possibility?...<br />- We couldn&#39;t leave the farm.<br />Thanks.</div><div style="clear:both;"></div>