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Mickey Mouse 8241 Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

By joining a club or gym, you can meet so many people.

Hello All,
which one if most suitable verb? can or could?and why?

By joining a club or gym, you can meet so many people.
By joining a club or gym, you could meet so many people.

Thanks.
  

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Mickey Mouse 8241 which one if most suitable verb? can or could? Both are fine.

— Mister Micawber

  • Mickey Mouse 8241 which one if most suitable verb?
  • can or could?
  • Both are fine.
  • 'So' is casual.
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Mickey Mouse 8241which one if most suitable verb? can or could?
Both are fine. 'So' is casual.
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The following indicates the opportunity in the given situation:

By joining a club or gym, you can meet so many people.

This suggests the possibility:

By joining a club or gym, you could meet so many people.

Is my analysis correct?
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Mickey Mouse 8241The following indicates the opportunity in the given situation:
Is that some exegesis given you by a teacher or text? To me, 'can' is just more confident.
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Mister MicawberIs that some exegesis given you by a teacher or text? To me, 'can' is just more confident.
Source:
http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2013/07/can-or-could/
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Sentence #2 might also be referring to a past situation.
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Mickey Mouse 8241Source:http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2013/07/can-or-could /
Those are too many specific conditions. For a linguist they might be an interesting compilation of circumstances, but if you wish to move on to language acquisition, I suggest th
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