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Modals expressing past permission / prohibition

To express past permission and prohibition could and was/were allowed to are used.

We were not allowed to smoke in the restaurant.
We could not apply for a visa because of my parents' past.
Permission / prohibition with modals
Permission / prohibition with modals Modals expressing present and future permission / prohibition
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Teresamc's picture

1 Traducción española

Submitted by Teresamc on 2009, June 24 - 4:54pm.

No se nos está permitido fumar en el restaurante.
No hemos podido solicitar un visado a causa del pasado mis padres.

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