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They are the conditional forms of "will" and "can" respectively. You might say "I will buy you a mink coat", which is unconditional, but "If I had the money, I would buy you a mink coat." is conditional. Likewise, you might say, "I can open this valve with this wrench", which is unconditional, but "If I had a wrench I could open this valve" is conditional.
"Will/would" have to do with intention, "can/could" with ability or capacity.
In recent years, sportswriters and writers of documentaries have started using "would" as a sort of past tense auxiliary, saying "Finkel would score a touchdown in the third quarter" when they mean "Finkel scored a touchdown." This derives from an earlier usage where "would" was used when looking at a past event from the perspective of a person even further in the past, such as "Little did John know that two years later she would divorce him.", which means the same as "Little did John know that she was going to divorce him two years later."
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∙ 13y agoCould is an auxiliary verb used to express possibility, conditional, polite request and ask for permission.
Would is a verb Used to express the future in the past or used in place of "will". It is also used to express repeated or habitual action in the past.
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∙ 15y agocould means you could and would means you would!
Thought everyone knew that? could means you could and would means you would!
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Difference between would and could?
Would=if he wanted to Could=if he was able to
What is the difference between could have been and would have been?
"could" asumes it may have, "would" asumes it was.
What is difference between could have and would have?
could have shows that-one had the ability but didn't do would have shows the possibility
What is the difference in meaning between I will do and I would do in English?
'I will do' could be used like, 'I will do that in future', whereas 'I would do' could be used in the context 'In your position I would do this...' Hope this helped.
What could be a symbol for difference?
"Difference" often refers to subtraction. As in: "The difference between five and three is two." Symbolically, that would be: 5 - 3 = 2 "Difference" is replaced by "-".
What is the difference between would be and could be?
The term "would be" means to be unfulfilled or frustrated in realizing an ambition.The term "could be" indicates a possibility of something, such as in this sentence:"The lost treasure could be valuable."
Is there a formula that will show the difference between two cells in excel?
There are lots that will show you the difference between values in different cells. All you need to do is subtract one from the other, normally the lower one from the higher one. So if you wanted to find the difference between a value in A3 and a value in B3, where A3 had the higher value, then you would use the following formula:=A3-B3You can also do it in such a way where it doesn't matter which is the highest, by using the ABS function. Sometimes that is better as when you are setting up the spreadsheet, you won't always know which cells will have the higher values. If all you need to know is what is the difference no matter which is the higher one, then you would do it like this:=ABS(A3-B3)
What is the difference between 0.3 and 0.25?
The difference would be 0.05.
What is the difference between glycoma and cataract?
no wish i could
What is the difference between starting a request Kindly and Please e.g. Kindly provide me with.... or Please could you provide me with....?
There is no real difference; they are interchangeable. Both are polite requests with a similar tone. But I would prefer " Could you please provide me with..."
What would be the most noticeable difference between the rock and the model?
Density would be the most noticeable difference between the rock and the model.
Difference between adjusted and unadjusted odds ratio?
An odds ratio is the difference between the number of times that something happens and does not happen. An unadjusted odds ratio is a guess between what could or could not happen.
