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Structure: ‘can & could 4’

Can & could for prohibition In this final post about ‘can’ and ‘could’ we look at using them to say that something is prohibited / isn’t…

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Video: ‘Dubai Airports’ expansion’

Here’s an interesting video that reports on a nice problem at Dubai International Airport. Try to answer the following questions about the video and come back…

Structure

Structure: ‘can & could 3’

Can & could for permission and requests In this post we continue to talk about can and could. This time, we will talk about how can…

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