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Contraposition Posted 14 years ago
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Some people can be very pedantic about punctuation

What does 'can' here mean?
  

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Hi, They are able to be very pedantic, and often are. Clive.

  • Hi, They are able to be very pedantic, and often are.
  • Clive.
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Hi,

They are able to be very pedantic, and often are.

Clive.
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contraposition Some people can be very pedantic about punctuationWhat does 'can' here mean?
It's almost like "tend to", "have a tendency to".

CJ
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contrapositionSome people can be very pedantic about punctuation.

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