Re: A prioi vs. A posteriori ?

Nik Taylor wrote:
> Tristan wrote:
>
>>>>And 'I did it because I can' is not ungrammatical.
>>>
>>>But it doesn't mean exactly the same. Or does it?
>>
>>No, it doesn't.
>
>
> What does it mean, then?  To me it sounds like an ungrammatical way of
> saying "I did it because I could"
I did it because I have had and continue to have the ability to, whereas
'I did it because I could' doesn't say whether you continue to have the
ability.

Tristan.

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