Question

if i could afford it,i _____ buy myself a new car 1 would 2 had 3 ought 4 can​

Answer 1

twenty cars

Explanation:

because tou are rich

Answer 2

If I could afford it, I would buy myself a new car.

Modal auxiliaries/verbs-

• A modal auxiliary or as commonly known the helping verb in a sentence is the verb that is used along with the main verb often.
• All of the modal verbs have different purposes and are used based on the purpose of the speaker.
• The common modal verbs are should, could, would, must, can, ought, etc. Each of these auxiliaries is used in different cases.
• When it comes to the auxiliary 'could' it implies that an action or event mentioned in the sentence could or can happen. It shows possibility.
• In addition to that, the auxiliary 'would' is used to talk about that same possible event hinting the event is possible/not possible.
• Here, if the narrator could(assuming he has the money) afford he would (showing the possibility of the event happening) buy a new car.
• The auxiliaries can and ought to be used to show ability and natural expectation in the sentence.

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