navi tasan
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Can one use:
1) They created works of art which would be famous three hundred years later.
instead of:
2) They created works of art which would still be famous three hundred years later.
The way I see it, '1' could mean that the works of art in question would become famous three hundred years later. It could also mean that the works or art would be famous three hundred years later, and this does not exclude the possibility that they would have stayed famous for three hundred years... However this interpretation seems a bit of a stretch to me. I think if one means '2', one has to use '2'.
Gratefully,
Navi.
1) They created works of art which would be famous three hundred years later.
instead of:
2) They created works of art which would still be famous three hundred years later.
The way I see it, '1' could mean that the works of art in question would become famous three hundred years later. It could also mean that the works or art would be famous three hundred years later, and this does not exclude the possibility that they would have stayed famous for three hundred years... However this interpretation seems a bit of a stretch to me. I think if one means '2', one has to use '2'.
Gratefully,
Navi.