I would say it's an issue of tenses. “Was” assumes that the move has been prohibited, and then the court can't ask, if that were to happen, whether the person would move or not move. “Were to be” is just more forward-looking. It's a tense issue.
December 5th, 2018 / 5:35 p.m.
Senior Counsel, Department of Justice
I would say it's an issue of tenses. “Was” assumes that the move has been prohibited, and then the court can't ask, if that were to happen, whether the person would move or not move. “Were to be” is just more forward-looking. It's a tense issue.
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