Bělíková Zuzana The Modal Verb Could and its Equivalents in Translation

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THE MODAL VERB COULD................................................................................... 24 
3.1 C
OULD IN 
E
NGLISH AND 
C
ZECH 
D
ICTIONARIES
...................................................... 24 
3.2 C
OULD AS A 
P
AST 
F
ORM OF 
C
AN
............................................................................. 24 
3.2.1 A Specific Occasion in the Past...................................................................... 25 
3.2.2 Indirect Speech or Thought ............................................................................ 26 
3.2.3 Capability/Possibility...................................................................................... 26 
3.2.4 Verbs of Perception ........................................................................................ 26 
3.2.5 State Cognitive Verbs ..................................................................................... 27 
3.3 P
ERMISSION
............................................................................................................ 27 
3.4 R
EQUESTS
,
O
RDERS
,
O
FFERS AND 
S
UGGESTIONS
.................................................... 27 
3.4.1 “Remoteness” of Could .................................................................................. 27 

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3.5 C
OULD 
+
H
AVE 
+
P
AST PARTICIPLE
........................................................................ 28 
3.6 C
OULD WITH THE 
F
UTURE 
R
EFERENCE
................................................................... 28 
3.7 C
ONDITIONAL 
C
LAUSES
.......................................................................................... 29 
3.8 H
YPOTHETICAL 
C
OULD
........................................................................................... 29 
3.9 C
OULD VS
.
C
AN
...................................................................................................... 30 
3.10 S
UMMARY
.............................................................................................................. 30