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From: Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de>
Newsgroups: fr.lettres.langue.anglaise
Subject: Re: to provide / to supply
Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2023 18:07:34 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2023-04-09, Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> wrote:

> Je ne trouve aucun bon critère, même après quelques recherches. 'To 
> provide' et 'to supply' sont souvent interchangeables, mais pas toujours 
> (she provided for her family).

"We agree with your proposal, _provided_ certain conditions are met."

Je vois que Merriam-Webster a des entrées bien distinctes pour

  provide for (phrasal verb)
  https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/provide%20for

et, évidemment,

  provided (conjunction)
  https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/provided

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Christian "naddy" Weisgerber                          naddy@mips.inka.de