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12.4 can, could, might: affirmative and negative 1. A greater understanding of our findings
can / could lead to a theoretical improvement.
2. Although this is a small study,
the results can / could be generalized to several areas.
3. Further studies are needed to determine whether these findings
could / might be applied to mechanical components.
4. Our findings
could / might be applied quite reliably in other engineering contexts without a significant degradation in performance.
5. Our research only focuses
on the situation in China, whereas it
can / might be important to include Korea as well. In fact, the inclusion of Korea would enable us to
6.
These findings could / might be exploited in any situation where predictions of outcomes are needed.
7. Unfortunately, our database
cannot / might not tell the exact scale of Chinese investment overseas. Consequently we
cannot / could not conclude that 8. We only had a limited number of samples. A greater number of samples
can / could lead to a different set of conclusions.
1. could
2. could (can)
3. could
4. could
5. might
6. could
7. cannot, cannot
8. could
