What is the meaning of "providing" in conditionals like sentences?
I found the following sentence on the Facebook page of BBC channel. I know that it is feasible to use "provided" instead of "if". However, in the following sentence, it seems as though the meaning of "providing" is same as "if". Therefore, I would really appreciate it if someone could explain this to me. Furthermore, it is feasible to replace "providing" with "provided"?
Drugs giant AstraZeneca said it was capable of producing one billion doses this year and next, providing it works.
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dileepa I would really appreciate it if someone could explain this to me. According to Google Ngrams, as a replacement for 'if', 'provided' is used about 6 times for every single occurrence of 'providing', so both are used, but you'll see 'providing' much less often. CJ
- dileepa I would really appreciate it if someone could explain this to me.
- According to Google Ngrams, as a replacement for 'if', 'provided' is used about 6 times for every single occurrence of 'providing', so both are used, but you'll see 'providing' much less often.
- CJ
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dileepaI would really appreciate it if someone could explain this to me.
According to Google Ngrams, as a replacement for 'if', 'provided' is used about 6 times for every single occurrence of 'providing', so both are used, but you'll see 'providing' much less often.
CJ
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