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Reported speech
Reporting what someone said, and how the tense shifts back when you do.
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Reported speech: backshift is contextual
After a past reporting verb, backshifting (will->would, can->could) is the usual choice in formal writing, but keeping the original modal is correct if the situation is still true or future now.