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Author: Bob
Updated Date 05/01/2012 10:21:46
Number of views: 427
What is the difference between cannot and could not?
Mostly, people agree that:
• "cannot" is for the present
• "could not" is for the past
Example:
• I cannot remember when I last played piano.
• Yesterday I couldn't remember when I had met him.
