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      Could vs can use in this sentence


      Johan Morales

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        On 6/11/2021 at 6:06 PM, Johan Morales said:

      Hi, I want to propose to the team start our show a little eariler. So, what sentence do I have to use?

      - Let's propose to the others that the show can start a little earlier.

      - Let's propose to the others that the show could start a little earlier.

      And Why

      Thanks

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      If you are requesting that it be started earlier, it would probably be more natural to say:

      Let's propose to the others that the show be started a little earlier.

      If you want to give them the option, you could say:

      Let's inform the others that the show can be started a little earlier.

      But having "propose" and "can/could" in the same sentence seems ungrammatical to me.

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