Timeline for Could have/would have for future impossible events
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| Oct 28 at 18:25 | comment | added | Peter Shor | To me, a native English speaker, We could've been able to meet tomorrow sounds much worse than We could've met tomorrow, probably because could've been able to is redundant. If you don't like could've for the future, you should say something like: We could've arranged to meet tomorrow. (But this might depend on your specific dialect.) | |
| Sep 26 at 17:11 | comment | added | Barmar | I disagree. You can use this for counterfactuals about the future as well. You can also say "would have been able to". | |
| Sep 26 at 3:23 | history | answered | Seowjooheng Singapore | CC BY-SA 4.0 |