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1. The doctor said I can't play soccer for a month.
2. The doctor said I couldn't play soccer for a month.
(Are both grammatical? What is the difference between the two sentence? Thank you.)
2. The doctor said I couldn't play soccer for a month.
(Are both grammatical? What is the difference between the two sentence? Thank you.)
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Answered by
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Both are similar in meaning except that #1 implies that there should be no soccer in the future month, while #2 implies that no soccer-playing was in the past.
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