{"id":3711,"date":"2022-05-21T17:18:20","date_gmt":"2022-05-21T17:18:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdr.foobrdigital.com\/?p=3711"},"modified":"2022-05-21T17:18:20","modified_gmt":"2022-05-21T17:18:20","slug":"can-could-may-might","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/2022\/05\/21\/can-could-may-might\/","title":{"rendered":"Can- Could -May -Might"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>These modals express possibility and ability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Can<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;indicates ability.&nbsp;<strong><em>Could<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;indicates ability with an option.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Example:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>I can do it. (The subject \u2018I\u2019 is sure about his\/her ability)<\/li><li>I could do it. (The subject \u2018I\u2019 is not sure about his\/her ability)<\/li><li>They cannot do it. (present)<\/li><li>They could not do it. (past)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Can<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;<strong><em>could<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;also indicate possibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Example:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>The temperature can rise this month.<\/li><li>They can\u2019t go too far by now.<\/li><li>It could rain later.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>May<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong><em>might<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;both indicate possibility but&nbsp;<strong><em>might<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;can suggest that there is less possibility than&nbsp;<strong><em>may<\/em><\/strong>. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Example:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>It may rain later.<\/li><li>It might rain later.<\/li><li>They may come back.<\/li><li>They might come back.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These modals express possibility and ability. Can&nbsp;indicates ability.&nbsp;Could&nbsp;indicates ability with an option. Example: I can do it. (The subject \u2018I\u2019 is sure about his\/her ability) I could do it. (The subject \u2018I\u2019 is not sure about his\/her ability) They cannot do it. (present) They could not do it. (past) Can&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;could&nbsp;also indicate possibility. Example: The temperature [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[158],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3711"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3711\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}