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On Thursday Russian President Vladimir Putin warned South Korea that bilateral ties would be destroyed if Seoul were to provide lethal weapons to Ukraine. South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol says that has not happened, and if weapons were to be supplied, it would be a matter for South Korea to decide. Our Kim Do-yeon has the details. South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol on Friday morning shot down claims made by Russian President Vladimir Putin that South Korea is providing lethal weapons to Ukraine. Yoon also said that any weapons provision would be up to South Korea to decide This comes as Putin has reportedly warned South Korea that Seoul-Moscow ties would be destroyed if Korea provides weapons support to Ukraine.
1) bilateral ties would be destroyed if Seoul were to provide lethal weapons to Ukraine.
2) Seoul-Moscow ties would be destroyed if Korea provides weapons support to Ukraine.
Is there a particular reason why there are were to provide and provides in each sentence or provides should be were to provide?
What do you native English speakers think? Thank you so much as usual in advance.
Top answer
"Were to provide" is used to indicate a very low probability of that happening.
- "Were to provide" is used to indicate a very low probability of that happening.
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"Were to provide" is used to indicate a very low probability of that happening.
0Hans51Is there a particular reason why there are were to provide and provides in each sentence or provides should be were to provide?
There's no particular reason except that people aren't always very careful about the sequence of tenses in conditional statements. Or maybe the author just didn't want to repeat 'were to provide', assuming that the reader al
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