Could Tutorial

[NOIRTRASH]

http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2013/07/can-or-could/

Writers abuse COULD all the time.

COULD is about probability and confidence not certainty.


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[ChloeTzang]

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[NOIRTRASH]

I CAN use this info. COULD be useful.

LOL....... you insomniac, you.....

Its habit forming, causes dementia in rats, and your mileage may vary. If rectral bleeding occurs call your doctor.

 

[SusanJillParker]

Hmm, an interesting take on the word could.

I could use this information to be more conscious about using the word could.

I dunno, maybe I would use this information and I would if I could but I can't so I won't.

Instead, I'll wait for you to discuss using the word 'just'.

That's another overused word.

Let me know when you get to 'but' and 'yet'.

 

[SusanJillParker]

Wait. Rectal bleeding?

And I thought my rectal bleeding was from the Greek food that I ate last night.

Who knew, especially when I 'could' have had Italian food but then I'd be talking with my hands again.

"What's with Susan talking with her hands."

"She had pizza last night."

"Oh."

 

[NOIRTRASH]

Hmm, an interesting take on the word could.

I could use this information to be more conscious about using the word could.

I dunno, maybe I would use this information and I would if I could but I can't so I won't.

Instead, I'll wait for you to discuss using the word 'just'.

That's another overused word.

Let me know when you get to 'but' and 'yet'.

No just for me.

Lemme modify what Twain said about VERY. Where you wanna use JUST, use FUCKING instead. Your editor will erase fucking, and all will be right.

 

[holliday1960]

Its habit forming, causes dementia in rats, and your mileage may vary. If rectral bleeding occurs call your doctor.

Sounds more like what you get from being a writer...just sayin'...

 

[NOIRTRASH]

Sounds more like what you get from being a writer...just sayin'...

That's ulcers and heartburn and headaches.