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PreciousJones Posted 15 years ago
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Could

Serve part time and you can receive a lot of benefits. Or

Serve part time and you could recieve a lot of benefits.

Talking about serving the military. Can or could?
  

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PreciousJones Talking about serving the military. Can or could? If it's an advertisement to join the military, they're going to use can , because they want to assure the reader that this is truly possible.

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PreciousJonesTalking about serving the military. Can or could?
If it's an advertisement to join the military, they're going to use can, because they want to assure the reader that this is truly possible.

If it's just one person talking to another, and there is any doubt at all that the military will make good its promise, they're going to use