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Context: My friend has been using computer a lot recently, I want to warn him

  1. Spending a lot of time using computer can lead to eye disorders.

  2. Spending a lot of time using computer could lead to eye disorders.

From what I learned, sentence (1) the speaker expresses a general truth, and he/she is quite sure about this this truth. The sentencesSentence (2) shows that the speaker isn't sure about this fact.

My English-speaking friends tell me that when using the two sentencesentences, native speakers don't notice the difference between them. They use them interchangeably with the same meaning. Is that right?

Context: My friend has been using computer a lot recently, I want to warn him

  1. Spending a lot of time using computer can lead to eye disorders.

  2. Spending a lot of time using computer could lead to eye disorders.

From what I learned, sentence (1) the speaker expresses a general truth, and he/she is quite sure about this this truth. The sentences (2) shows that the speaker isn't sure about this fact.

My English-speaking friends tell me that when using the two sentence, native speakers don't notice the difference between them. They use them interchangeably with the same meaning. Is that right?

Context: My friend has been using computer a lot recently, I want to warn him

  1. Spending a lot of time using computer can lead to eye disorders.

  2. Spending a lot of time using computer could lead to eye disorders.

From what I learned, sentence (1) the speaker expresses a general truth, and he/she is quite sure about this this truth. Sentence (2) shows that the speaker isn't sure about this fact.

My English-speaking friends tell me that when using the two sentences, native speakers don't notice the difference between them. They use them interchangeably with the same meaning. Is that right?

fix list formatting (and nothing else)
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Context: My friend has been using computer a lot recently, I want to warn him

  1. Spending a lot of time using computer can lead to eye disorders.

  2. Spending a lot of time using computer could lead to eye disorders.

From what I learned, in sentence (1) the speaker expresses a general truth, and he/she is quite sure about this this truth. SentenceThe sentences (2) shows that the speaker isn't sure about this fact.

My English-speaking friends tell me that when using the two sentence, native speakers don't notice the difference between them. They use them interchangeably with the same meaning. Is that right?

Context: My friend has been using computer a lot recently, I want to warn him

  1. Spending a lot of time using computer can lead to eye disorders.

  2. Spending a lot of time using computer could lead to eye disorders.

From what I learned, in sentence (1) the speaker expresses a general truth, and he/she is quite sure about this this truth. Sentence (2) shows that the speaker isn't sure about this fact.

My English-speaking friends tell me that when using the two sentence, native speakers don't notice the difference between them. They use them interchangeably with the same meaning. Is that right?

Context: My friend has been using computer a lot recently, I want to warn him

  1. Spending a lot of time using computer can lead to eye disorders.

  2. Spending a lot of time using computer could lead to eye disorders.

From what I learned, sentence (1) the speaker expresses a general truth, and he/she is quite sure about this this truth. The sentences (2) shows that the speaker isn't sure about this fact.

My English-speaking friends tell me that when using the two sentence, native speakers don't notice the difference between them. They use them interchangeably with the same meaning. Is that right?

Context: My friend has been using computer a lot recently, I want to warn him

(1)Spending a lot of time using computer can lead to eye disorders.

(2)Spending a lot of time using computer could lead to eye disorders.

  1. Spending a lot of time using computer can lead to eye disorders.

  2. Spending a lot of time using computer could lead to eye disorders.

From what I learned, in sentence (1) the speaker expresses a general truth, and he/she is quite sure about this this truth. The sentencesSentence (2) shows that the speaker isn't sure about this fact.

My English-speaking friends tell me that when using the two sentence, native speakers don't notice the difference between them. They use them interchangeably with the same meaning. Is that right?

Context: My friend has been using computer a lot recently, I want to warn him

(1)Spending a lot of time using computer can lead to eye disorders.

(2)Spending a lot of time using computer could lead to eye disorders.

From what I learned, sentence (1) the speaker expresses a general truth, and he/she is quite sure about this this truth. The sentences (2) shows that the speaker isn't sure about this fact.

My English-speaking friends tell me that when using the two sentence, native speakers don't notice the difference between them. They use them interchangeably with the same meaning. Is that right?

Context: My friend has been using computer a lot recently, I want to warn him

  1. Spending a lot of time using computer can lead to eye disorders.

  2. Spending a lot of time using computer could lead to eye disorders.

From what I learned, in sentence (1) the speaker expresses a general truth, and he/she is quite sure about this this truth. Sentence (2) shows that the speaker isn't sure about this fact.

My English-speaking friends tell me that when using the two sentence, native speakers don't notice the difference between them. They use them interchangeably with the same meaning. Is that right?

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