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He can't (couldn't) know this.
He can't (couldn't) be working now.
They can't (couldn't) have arrived.
They can't (couldn't) have been waiting so long.
They can't (couldn't) have been quarrelling when you came.
Note. In this meaning can't / couldn't is not followed by the negative form of the infinitive. To express negation we must use either lexical means or the phrase it can't be:
He can't (couldn't) have failed to come.
It can't be that they don't know the truth.
6.3.7. can / could may be used in special questions for the sake of emotional colouring
What can (could) he mean?
Where can (could) they have gone?
6.3.8. can't but do … means "ничего другого не остается, как …"
I can't but leave this house.
6.3.9. can't possibly do … means "просто не могу …"
I can't possibly tell them everything.
Exercises
Exercise 1. Analyse the meanings of can. Translate the sentences into Russian.
1. She tried to think of ways she could economise. (N.I.) 2. I could not but understand her to refer to Mr. Quale, the young gentleman who had appeared after dinner yesterday. (Ch.D.) 3. "Even in the old days you could never count on his being where you expected him to be." (S.M.) 4. He could never have foreseen how unfortunate his choice would become. (K.B.P.) 5. But at no stage did he ever approach the status of a great butler. I could have told you this at the height of his reputation, just as could have predicted his downfall after a few short years in the limelight. (K.I.) 6. Every woman has to judge for herself just how far she can show her independence before her life becomes more miserable or more unsafe that before. (N.I.) 7. "I wish I'd taken along a pad of paper and some watercolours," he (Alan Bean) says. "I could have been the first artist on the moon." (People) 8. "In fact, I hardly imagine that you could forget her." (K.I.) 9. I can well imagine how he must have looked that day. (K.I.) 10. "How calm you are, Philip! How can you be so calm? Don't you realize we can leave this awful house now?" (A.Chr.) 11. "Death was due to eserine, Mrs. Leonides." "So that makes it murder. It couldn't have been an accident of any kind, could it?" (A.Chr.) 12. Certainly the writing of novels could not be recognized as a ladylike occupation. (E.Z.) 13. I could well imagine the blow the news would be to her… (K.I.) 14. She dreaded the thought of facing him, but she could think of no excuse. (S.M.) 15. His house was simple with that simplicity that could only have been achieved at great expense. (S.M.) 16. Elliott could thus flatter himself that he was making the best of both worlds… (S.M.)
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Exercise 79. Comment on the choice of the word form and translate the sentences into Russian. | | | Exercise 2. Instructions as for 1. |