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> no longer offered The title says "charged", not "charges". Re the per area code, I agree, it was also my first thought, but I can't think of any way the pos
by version_five 4y ago
> no longer offered
The title says "charged", not "charges".
Re the per area code, I agree, it was also my first thought, but I can't think of any way the poster could have concisely included that in the title
- alex_young 4y ago“You could own” is present tense. Perhaps “could have” would be better?
- valleyer 4y ago"Could" can be both the conditional present tense or preterite tense in English (at least AmE). It's ambiguous. See: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/could#Verb https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/could#Verb
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- alex_young 4y agoThe point I was attempting to make is that the usage is incorrect and misleading in this context. The way the title is worded is indeed the past tense usage.
- kergonath 4y agoThe point the parent was making is that it is not incorrect or misleading, just ambiguous. And even then, it’s ambiguous only if you leave out the second clause. “I could have a banana” has two perfectly correct meanings: it is possible for me to have a banana right now depending on some factor (conditional), or I had the possibility to have a banana in the past (preterite). A preterite in the second clause eliminates the possibility of a present conditional in the first one.
- PebblesRox 4y agoDon't you need to add another verb for “I could have a banana” to work as past tense? E.g. "I could have eaten" or "I could have had" Edit: Oh wait, now I see it. Something like "I knew I could have a banana if I got hungry."
- User23 4y agoNone of the cool kids say “area code,” they’re NPAs. Sorry, but I have a lingering attachment to telco industry acronyms. Let me tell you about my DNIS[1]. [1] pronounced dee-nis.
- function_seven 4y agoAlways fun troubleshooting analog DID (FXO) lines that supported DNIS