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Emeyr, in each of your examples, a native american English speaker would most likely choose "could" rather than "can".
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Yes, of course, it is grammatically correct. It just isn't the most likely way native speakers would choose to speak. Of course, (and I want to be clear, this is intended to be a humorous jibe) amongst we midwesterners, there is a lingering suspicion whether Boston and other Eastern cities still speak American.
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In all of the examples you give emeyr, "could" sounds natural and "can" sounds awkward to me.
(Also "hurt" can be a transitive verb or a participle- he could hurt himself or he could get hurt, equally common ways of saying the same thing.)
Suffer an accident is quite normal in English, I don't know what people are complaining about. http://tinyurl.com/q2839gz
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Yes but does our green owl friend accept this, or do we lose a heart for speaking our native language in a natural-sounding way?