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B - Use

 

                            The auxiliary can has several meanings. It expresses:

 

·                             involuntary perceptions and operations of the mind.

                            It is used before the verbs:

                            to hear, to see, to feel, to understand...

 

                                          Example:                            

                                                        Don't speak so loud. She can hear you.

                                                        I cannot (can't) understand why you're nervous.

 

·                             intellectual and physical ability and knowledge.

                                          Can may be replaced by to know how to.

 

                                          Example:

                                                        I can swim. = I know how to swim.

                                                                                                  She can read. = She knows how to read.

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