Timeline for Could/could've- which of the two indicates that something has no chance of happening?
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| Jan 15, 2019 at 18:03 | comment | added | urnonav | I don't see any future tense in your first sentence. "Came" is simple past, "could" is perfect conditional or simple past of "can". In your second sentence, you are using past perfect, not just past. | |
| Jan 15, 2019 at 17:20 | history | answered | rcook | CC BY-SA 4.0 |