jaytea commented on a Page, Tweeks MP3  -  Jun 07, 2011

The word world, in this case, suggests probability, not certainty.

since we're getting down and dirty with it :P 'would' implies contingency not probability. if we take what Scakk said literally, then his statement is incomplete as it is missing the condition under which the snippet is his. if he had included such a condition, for example "that snippet would be mine if you had taken it from ", then, if we assume Scakk is being truthful, it follows with certainty that the snippet is his if it is indeed taken from . however, we know from context that his statement should not be taken literally, and 'would be' in this context is just a less terse way of saying 'is'. it also carries a slightly more condescending tone, which i believe is entirely warranted given the circumstance. language.. it's a funny thing ;)

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