Preguntas sobre ejemplos de oraciones con, y la definición y uso de "Europoean"

A: I think in this case the biggest difference would simply be the context in which the sentence is used.

“If we are successfully entering the European markets, we may be able to double our revenue.” This sentence seems to imply a hypothesis in the present: if [event 1] is happening now, [event 2] may happen in the future. It seems that an attempt to enter the European markets has already been made (or is currently being made), and the speaker is now speculating on its potential success.

The first context suggests that the speaker is currently trying/has recently tried to enter the European markets. In contrast, the second scenario suggests that this event has not necessarily taken place yet (or, if it has, is in its very early stages).

“If we could successfully enter the European markets, we may be able to double our revenue.” This sentence seems to imply a hypothesis in the future: if [event 1] happens in the (near) future, [event 2] may also happen in the future. The speaker is considering the possibility of entering the European markets, and the results that would potentially follow.

To put it another way, for each scenario:

1. “We are (currently) trying to enter the European markets. If we are successfully doing so (at the moment), we may be able to double our revenue.”

2. “We would like to enter the European markets, even though we have not done so yet. If we are able to do that successfully (in the future), we may be able to double our revenue.”

I hope that helps!