Should Would Could
Bonjour,
Whenever Horatio was angry, he could would (3) put a snake in his mother's bed. (Could was rejected)
I think that would means "each time" and I do not feel Horatio so previsible. But he is crazy enough to do it.
That's why I prefer could rather than would.
But my daughter tells me that plenty of things have changed since Shakespeare, and she doesn't even think that I could understand Shakespearian English. So, I'm probably wrong.
But, I believe, not completely out of the game (That's why I'm here) .
Cordialement as we say in my Company
Whenever Horatio was angry, he could would (3) put a snake in his mother's bed. (Could was rejected)
I think that would means "each time" and I do not feel Horatio so previsible. But he is crazy enough to do it.
That's why I prefer could rather than would.
But my daughter tells me that plenty of things have changed since Shakespeare, and she doesn't even think that I could understand Shakespearian English. So, I'm probably wrong.
But, I believe, not completely out of the game (That's why I'm here) .
Cordialement as we say in my Company
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28 Aug. 2008