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Very good question! You can use both can't and couldn't to express impossibility in the past - She can't have been happy when her car was stolen / She couldn't have been happy when her car was stolen. There's no real difference between the two phrases except that 'couldn't have' sounds a little more formal. In a past (3rd) conditional, you can use 'couldn't have', but NOT 'can't have' - I couldn't have passed my exam if I hadn't studied (CORRECT). I can't have passed my exam if I hadn't studied (INCORRECT). For present tense deductions, 'can't' is the only correct form for something you believe to be impossible - She isn't answering the door, so she can't be at home (CORRECT). She isn't answering the door, so she couldn't be at home (INCORRECT). I'm glad you found the videos useful!

@@EnglishWithEm I greatly appreciate. I am looking forward to your new lessons.

😂 I guess that's because the nuances of English truly interest me. People are almost always good at something if they truly love it 😁🌻

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Hi! No, we don't use 'must not' as a modal of deduction. If you are very sure that something isn't the case, use can't - He can't be a beginner. Re 'He must've gone for lunch.' - you're right! 🙌🌻

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It is correct to deduce that he's playing to a large audience. You can't see the audience, so you are not 100% sure. He could be rehearsing in an empty concert hall.

@@EnglishWithEm Oh thank you mam, I have doubt about subjunctive if we express our sudden desire to happen another way or to be or something.. Suppose sitting on the chair I'm watching a video and watching it i wish for something *Oh i wish i hugged him Or Oh i wish i could hug him* bcz some people says here we should go with HAD + HUGGED bcz the incident in past but here i would say that video has nothing to do with me the moment because I'm watching it randomly... Also my little brother isn't studying and now he started watching his favourite show *I wish power went out right mow Or I wish i power would go out* Or maybe i would say *I wish the show wasn't being broadcast OR I wish the show wouldn't be being broadcast* Now in this example my dilemma is this is both present and past so Should i say "I wish the show hadn't been being broadcast today" but show isn't over yet and i wish for it in the middle 🙏

@@nirajthakor9748 Interesting question. In order to be fair to all commenters, I only answer questions relating to the video content, but I can share some short videos I have made on the topic. I'm also planning on doing a longer video about this soon. I will answer your question in that video! Here's my wish/if only playlist: kzfaq.info/sun/PLuC54G6Zw3ejseXvQ_7jZb0BbFsQxGCel 😊🌻

@@EnglishWithEm Okay mam! 🙏

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Hi! Generally, we wouldn’t use ‘can’t be doing’ to talk about ourselves. It is used to speculate/guess about what another person is or is not doing. Imagine the following scenario: A: I just saw Amy walking to work. B: Really? I don’t think so… she can’t be walking to work now because she’s on holiday this week. You must have seen someone who looked like her. In this situation, B deduces that it wasn’t Amy that was walking to work because they know that she is on holiday. If my mum had told me not to cook while she wasn’t at home, I would use the present simple - ‘I can’t cook right now because my mum has told me not to.’ In the case of the play, ‘we can’t be drinking’, this ‘can’t be doing’ structure is used to indicate that they are doing something although they should not be doing it. It’s quite informal and is used to express surprise that you are doing an action which you shouldn’t really be doing. It is basically a stronger form of saying ‘I shouldn’t be doing…’

@@EnglishWithEm Thanks a lot madam! You help me a lot!

@@akshatmukundam974 you're very welcome!

Also, happy holi!

with these modals of deduction, you should use the 'must do' form because you are talking about permanent, or repeated activities. The 'ing' form is used to talk about actions that are happening now, or temporary situations. You could say 'some people must be living upstairs' if this was a temporary situation. Maybe there was no noise before, but now you can hear people upstairs. The situation of them living upstairs is new and you don't know if it will be permanent. If you had just moved into a flat/apartment and you heard people upstairs, it would be reasonable to say 'some people must live upstairs'. You would assume that they had been living there bofore and would continue to live there, so you would believe it to be a permanent situation.

@@EnglishWithEm Thanks a ton madam!

Hi! 'Clothes' is an uncountable, plural noun. It is always used to refer to more than 1 item of clothing, so 'Some of my clothes are torn.' is correct. You can absolutely use 'some' before a plural noun because 'some' refers to an unspecified number. It is used with plural nouns (apples, chairs, euros, hats...), and also with uncountable nouns (some time, money, coffee, clothes...).

When you use ‘can’t’ as a modal verb of deduction, the verb which follows is not always an action, so it is better to think of it as: 1) subject + can’t + verb + ing: This is used to talk about an action. Sam is at home. He can’t be working. 2) subject + can’t + verb: This is used to talk about a state, not an action. The most common verbs in this case are ‘be’ and ‘have’. You have a big coat on. You can’t be cold.

@@EnglishWithEm Thankyou madam 😊... ma'am Is CAN always used with NOT in deduction whether deduction is in present or past?????

@@Shivachoudhary04 that's right. 'Can' is never used in modals of deduction. It is always in the negative form 'Can't'. It is used when we are very sure that something isn't possible.

@@EnglishWithEm Thankyou so much ma'am 😊

Hi Shiva, this is an interesting example. 'Can't be doing' is often used, but I think it is technically incorrect. If you say 'We can't think about the toss too much', or 'We can't be thinking about the toss too much', the meaning is exactly the same. Do you know where the speaker is from? It may be that it's a regional variation.

@@EnglishWithEm Ma'am speaker is from India... Ma'am as u said 'Can't be doing' is often used but technically incorrect so 'Can't be thinking' should be incorrect??..or is it the present deduction of modal here bcoz he is saying this after the decision of toss????

@@Shivachoudhary04 I have read a little about the situation and 'the toss' he is referring to is the coin toss to decide who would bat first. The decision to bat first turned out to be a bad one, so when he says 'we can't be thinking about the toss too much', he means that there is nothing to gain from thinking about the past decision because they can do nothing to change it. I used 'can't be doing' as an example, but the same would apply to any verb. The meaning is the same whether you say 'can't think' or 'can't be thinking'.

@@EnglishWithEm ok Ma'am...I got the point now...it means we can say CAN'T BE THINKING/VERBING but it's not grammatically correct...and even it's not the present deduction tense here....now am I right mam???? If we want to say grammatically correct we will say CAN'T ACTION

@@EnglishWithEm here it's not the present deduction????

Hi! Yes, 'can't have + V3' and 'couldn't have + V3' are the same. Modals of deduction are basically about making predictions based on evidence. For the future, we use 'will' or 'going to' for predictions. It's more typical to use 'going to' when there is evidence for the prediction. A typical example - Look at those dark clouds. It's going to rain!

@@EnglishWithEm Mam! My grand mother expired today.

@@omprakashmohapatra1940 I'm very sorry to here that. My grandmother also died recently. It is her birthday in a couple of days, so she is on my mind a lot at the moment. My deepest sympathy to you and your family 💐

@@EnglishWithEm How old was she?

@@omprakashmohapatra1940 She was 90 and she lived a very good life. We were close, so I miss her. How old was your grandmother?