Hi,
could you please give me a note?
can you please give me a note?
Is there any major difference ?
Thanks
geetha
Hi,
could you please give me a note?
can you please give me a note?
Is there any major difference ?
Thanks
geetha
Hi Geetha
In your sentences, using “could” makes the request a little more polite.
Using “can” would basically be a more informal request.
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hi,
thanks lot.for a long time i have this doubt.it is cleared now
in the past tense, don’t use “can” but use “could” or “was able to”.
Another use:
I could not modify the file.
In other words: (In the past) I was unable to modify the file.
Could should be used for : See,understand, smell,hear (senses).
But, some people use could and able interchangebly, i think.
Maybe it is not a mistake in terms of grammer.
Yes, that’s true, Johnnywill. However, in Geetha’s sentence, the word “could” is not used as a past tense. Because Geetha’s sentence also contains the word “please”, the word “could” is used in order to make a request more polite.
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