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Jack112 Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
Past Tense / Present Tense
Scenario: My friend asks me why I worked so hard last year. And I say:
Could I use either 'could' or 'can' here? Or only 'could' is correct?
1. I worked so hard so I could make big bucks later on.
2. I worked so hard so I can make big bucks later on. (With 'can' here, I'm saying for a fact that I can make big bucks?)
Thanks.
Could I use either 'could' or 'can' here? Or only 'could' is correct?
1. I worked so hard so I could make big bucks later on.
2. I worked so hard so I can make big bucks later on. (With 'can' here, I'm saying for a fact that I can make big bucks?)
Thanks.
Top answer
I think they come to the same thing, Jack; it's again just a matter of the speaker's viewpoint-- is he thinking of his thought then or his thought at the moment. That said, #1 permits him to be already wealthy; in #2 he has yet to make his fortune. The later on takes on a different reference.
- I think they come to the same thing, Jack; it's again just a matter of the speaker's viewpoint-- is he thinking of his thought then or his thought at the moment.
- That said, #1 permits him to be already wealthy; in #2 he has yet to make his fortune.
- The later on takes on a different reference.
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I think they come to the same thing, Jack; it's again just a matter of the speaker's viewpoint-- is he thinking of his thought then or his thought at the moment. That said, #1 permits him to be already wealthy; in #2 he has yet to make his fortune. The later on takes on a different reference.
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