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Old 04-22-2006, 11:44 PM   #30 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Topper
Also that she "wished she would have done something to help"... if you pick that apart, it means something very different than "wished she could have done something to help". Would implies she had the opportunity, could implies she was unable to do anything...
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Exactly. The story seems to imply that choose not to help.
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