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is it correct to use could as past participle?

for example:

-I have could answer each question

-I have could work in that market

-I have could say thank forever

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6th February 2007, 8:53 AM #2 boardslide315 boardslide315 is offline

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Quote Originally Posted by ejdb78 View Post

-I have could answer each question

-I have could work in that market

-I have could say thank you forever

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Quote Originally Posted by ejdb78 View Post

-I have could answer each question

-I have could work in that market

-I have could say thank you forever

I can't think of any way to combine "to have" with "could" in the same sentence. However, you can say "I have been able to..."

Could that be what you were thinking of?

Por favor corrijan mis errores

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7th February 2007, 3:29 AM #3 pacadansc pacadansc is offline

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is it correct to use could as past participle?

for example:

-I have could answer each question

-I have could work in that market

-I have could say thank forever

None of these sentences would be correct.

"Could" is not a past participle but an auxiliary.

You could say:

I could have answered each question.

I could have worked in that market.

I could have said thanks forever.

"answered", "worked", and "said" are the past participles.

My spanish is far from perfect, but I believe that:

I could have done it yesterday = lo podría haber hecho ayer.

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7th February 2007, 5:24 AM #4 SrRdRaCinG's Avatar SrRdRaCinG SrRdRaCinG is offline

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Quote Originally Posted by pacadansc View Post

None of these sentences would be correct.

"Could" is not a past participle but an auxiliary.

You could say:

I could have answered each question.

I could have worked in that market.

I could have said thanks forever.

"answered", "worked", and "said" are the past participles.

My spanish is far from perfect, but I believe that:

I could have done it yesterday = lo podría haber hecho ayer.

Opto por: Podría haberlo hecho ayer. Que yo sepa, es la única manera de decir eso.

El habla es el espejo del alma. Como habla un hombre, así es.

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7th February 2007, 6:40 AM #5 horusankh's Avatar horusankh horusankh is offline

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