WBYeats
 
Reply Sat 14 Nov, 2015 07:49 am
Could I use could? (not can)

-Here comes an interesting and extreme example of negative language transfer, just have fun. Hope you __ keep smiling amid the tension of exams and mid-term essays.

I am talking about the present, so normally could with hope would be wrong, and can should be used. But somehow this time it sounds OK to me.
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Setanta
 
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Reply Sat 14 Nov, 2015 02:01 pm
"Could" would not necessarily be wrong, but i would use "can," and i suspect that most native-speakers of English would as well.
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dalehileman
 
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Reply Sat 14 Nov, 2015 02:14 pm
@WBYeats,
#.....235 is right of course WB, but there is a very slight diff in meaning: "Could" implies the exams and essays might be done with
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WBYeats
 
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Reply Mon 16 Nov, 2015 05:02 am
Excellent answers. Thank you.
dalehileman
 
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Reply Mon 16 Nov, 2015 11:27 am
@WBYeats,
Quite welcome WB
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