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I think that's because one was a statement of present reality (the program is currently doing this), whereas the other was a hypothetical (if could do this if w
by chc 11y ago
I think that's because one was a statement of present reality (the program is currently doing this), whereas the other was a hypothetical (if could do this if we funded it).
- sokoloff 11y agoThanks. I now see that as a possible reading. I read it only as a statement of uncertainty. s/could/would/ would have eliminated the ambiguous reading.