What is a synonym for allowing?

permit, approve, authorize, enable, endure, let, sanction, stand, suffer, tolerate. give, allocate, allot, assign, grant, provide, set aside, spare.

When use can and could?

Can, like could and would, is used to ask a polite question, but can is only used to ask permission to do or say something (“Can I borrow your car?” “Can I get you something to drink?”). Could is the past tense of can, but it also has uses apart from that–and that is where the confusion lies.

Is the word could Past tense?

Could has no tenses, no participles, and no infinitive form. There is no past tense, but could have followed by a past participle is used for referring to something in the past that was not real, or something that may possibly have been real: I could have been killed.

Is the word would Past tense?

Technically, would is the past tense of will, but it is an auxiliary verb that has many uses, some of which even express the present tense.

Can a sentence have two past tenses?

‘we should not use 2 past tense words in a sentence’. It is perfectly allowable (in fact it is required) to use a past simple verb form and a past participle verb form in past perfect and/or past passive tenses.

Can past tense examples?

Using would as as a kind of past tense of will or going to is common in reported speech:She said that she would buy some eggs. (“I will buy some eggs.”)The candidate said that he wouldn’t increase taxes. (“I won’t increase taxes.”)Why didn’t you bring your umbrella? I told you it would rain! (“It’s going to rain.”)

How do you use would in past tense?

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Can we use would for past?

‘Used to’ can be used to talk about past states as well as past repeated actions and habits, but ‘would’ is only used to talk about past habits. ‘Would’ is not used to talk about past states.

Can we use would instead of used to?

But we use ‘used to’ for any extended action or situation in the past. ‘Would’ is only good for actions or situations that were repeated many times; ‘Used to’ is good for any action or situation that continued for a period of time in the past, including repeated actions or situations.

What is the difference between should and shall?

‘Shall’ is a modal word used with first, second, and third-person pronouns. ‘Should’ is a modal auxiliary verb that is used alongside the subject and main verb. ‘Shall’ is used in formal writing and expresses future tense. ‘Should’ is used in informal writing mainly, and as the past tense of ‘Shall’.

Would and will in the same sentence?

Well, ‘would’ is simply the past tense form of ‘will’. We often use ‘would’ when we report a past conversation – that is, we say what someone said in the past. For example: I wasn’t hungry, so I said that I would just have an orange juice. It’s the same sentence that we saw with ‘will’, but changed to the past tense.