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would probably

by gmatz » Tue Sep 25, 2007 7:13 am
is this correct?

"he would probably attend college if he could afford the tuition."

or is this the better one

"he would attend college if he could afford the tuition"

please let me know.

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by optimisticsam » Tue Sep 25, 2007 8:46 am
2nd one I think. No need for probably?

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by camitava » Tue Sep 25, 2007 8:23 pm
Gmatz, I am also agree with optimisticsam. When u r using if to provide a condition, no need to use probably to make the sentence more clumsy.
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by wongee » Sat Sep 29, 2007 2:36 pm
Correct.

would = maybe/maybe not = probably

No need to use similar words.

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