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Anonymous Posted 8 years ago
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What would be the ideal husband for Zara in your opinion? This is the "expectation" use of "would," not a conditional.
  

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Who would be the ideal husband for Zara in your opinion? What sort of man would be the ideal husband for Zara in your opinion? By the "expectation" use, do you mean an expression of something presumed to be true on the basis of indirect evidence, common sense, general knowledge, etc.?

  • Who would be the ideal husband for Zara in your opinion?
  • What sort of man would be the ideal husband for Zara in your opinion?
  • By the "expectation" use, do you mean an expression of something presumed to be true on the basis of indirect evidence, common sense, general knowledge, etc.?
  • If so, this is not the "expectation" use.
  • Like many uses of "would", this expresses an imagined or hypothetical situation.
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Who would be the ideal husband for Zara in your opinion?
What sort of man would be the ideal husband for Zara in your opinion?

By the "expectation" use, do you mean an expression of something presumed to be true on the basis of indirect evidence, common sense, general knowledge, etc.? If so, this is not the "expectation" use.

Like many uses of "woul

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