The worst thing he can/could call you is a coward.

MichaelLu2000

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1. The worst thing he can call you is a coward.
2. The worst thing he could call you is a coward.

Which one is correct or better?
 

emsr2d2

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They're both grammatically correct and possible. It depends on context, as always.
 

emsr2d2

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What’s the difference?
Context! As I already said. Why don't you give us a situation in which you might want to use the sentence and then we can see whether we would choose "can" or "could"?
 
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