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Could vs can use in this sentence


Johan Morales

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2 hours ago, 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

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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