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pc: > -- this is largely covered by "I like chocolates"). Secondly, we > have to acknowledge that, in dealing with "like," we are dealing with > a word that is capable of bringing in reference to events that never > occur and even (apparently) objects that never exist. If possible, > this should not affect the solution to this issue in ways that make > it otherwise different from solutions about "chocolate" with > different types of verbs, nor solutions about "like" with different > types of objects. If so, this should be demonstrated by adducing various other examples involving "chocolate" but not "like", in which "chocolate" means the same. > So, I like chocolate comes down to "if I were presented with a bit > chocolate, I would in a sufficient number of cases with a sufficient > variety of types of chocolate and types of circumstances, like the > bit of chocolate presented." I wonder how that differs from "I would like chocolate", "I would like fat-free chocolate (if it existed)". --And.