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.
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help?
i'm 14 years old and i'm from Belgium.
For school i need to make the following sentences a prohibition.
Can you help?
-Someone was hit, shoved, pushed or bumped
-Someone spread rumours or said things about someone else
-There was an argument over a boyfriend or girlfriend.
-Teen who use alcohol and drugs such as marijuana, cocaine, etc. are much more likely to fight
-Teen who carry weapons are more likely to be involved in physical fights.
It's not quite clear what you
It's not quite clear what you mean.
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