we almost couldn't vs we couldn't almost

Both phrases are not commonly used in English. The correct phrase would be "we almost couldn't." The placement of the word "almost" before the verb "couldn't" is the standard structure in English.

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we almost couldn't

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to indicate that something was very close to not happening or being possible.

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And we almost could, if we wanted to... ...but only because of you.
We almost lost my daughter last week.
You almost couldn't recognize her.
I remember the feeling, I almost couldn't stop her.
Almost couldn't tell you were lying.
The doctor said you almost could have drowned.
Old Pig almost couldn't take it.
I almost couldn't believe he had something that nice.
As you know, we almost went with your firm.
We almost had something in common.
And to think we almost lost him.
And to think we almost lost him.
We almost named him David Beckham.
We almost got lost finding this place.
We almost had Withrow and Taylor on tape.
We almost caught the man who killed your brother.
We almost didn't invite you, Mason.
We almost had a wicked new housemate.
We almost caught Ellen's killer.
We almost lost you, Grace.

we couldn't almost

This phrase is not a common structure in English.

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- Maybe I didn't almost kill you enough.
Maybe on a night when one or both of us hasn't almost been killed.
I'll take a look at it and see if I can fix it in the shop so that another of us doesn't almost die.
I didn't almost die to see them naked!
But-but wouldn't almost anything make a better battery than a human body?
It's like you didn't get fired, like Violet didn't almost die.
Almost done, almost done, almost done.
We don't almost have it, all right?
It wouldn't be inaccurate to assume... ...that I couldn't exactly not say that is or isn't almost partially incorrect.
5.9 isn't almost half of 9.1 and Moody's says that no matter who the president is -
But Its almost... Almost eight.
Almost all educated people nowadays believe in evolution, but almost everybody thinks we (humans) are the end of the process.
And it's almost... two photographs almost identical.
Damien almost killed somebody, Lewis almost got killed.
There have been almost sixty accidents this year, something that is almost inexplicable.
Okay, scallops are almost ready.
Undoing a work-for-hire contract is almost impossible.
Billy said same person almost definitely killed both.
Your client almost killed another woman.
And LollypopLollypop said you almost made him cry.

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we almost couldn't vs we couldn't almost