[Grammar] Researchers are visiting Loch Ness next week to see if they (can/could) find ...

[wotcha]

Researchers are visiting Loch Ness next week to see if they can/could find signs of the Loch Monster. i seriously doubt they will/would find anything. if they found something, i am sure they will/would become famous.


I think the answers are 'can, will, would' and wonder if I'm right.

(Actually I'm very confused with the first choice between can and could)

 

[SoothingDave]

You are correct. You use "can" in the first sentence because it is talking about future possibility.

 

[Tdol]

They'd be extremely lucky to find sings, and you may want to look at your capital letters there. ;-)

 

[bhaisahab]

They'd be extremely lucky to find sings, and you may want to look at your capital letters there. ;-)

Perhaps it's a typo and he's referring to that recording of Nessie by Scottish folklorist Hamish MacGillicuddy "The songs of the Loch Ness Monster".

 

[wotcha]

They'd be extremely lucky to find sings, and you may want to look at your capital letters there. ;-)

sorry! I corrected it .