Why can't some language's use the word could as the future tense of the word can?
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Speaking with the word could as the future tense of the word can and the words could have is the past tense of the word can. Some language's say they can't, but why? This is not a Rhetorical question.
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Speaking with the word could as the future tense of the word can and the words could have is the past tense of the word can. Some language's say they can't, but why? This is not a Rhetorical question.
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Speaking with the word could as the future tense of the word can and the words could have is the past tense of the word can. Some language's say they can't, but why? This is not a Rhetorical question.
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Speaking with the word could as the future tense of the word can and the words could have is the past tense of the word can. Some language's say they can't, but why? This is not a Rhetorical question.
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