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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Confused with Would

hi, guys,
thanks you first!
I've been watch Enterprise, there is a conversation between a Vulcan mother and her daughter who falls for a human. Vulcans consider themselves superior than humans.

Mother: Imagine the shame your children WOULD endure. Assuming that you two of you can have children.

Daughter: That WOULDN'T be you conern.

I looked up cambridge dictionary and couldn't figure out the two would here.
Can you please lighten me?
the link below is the dictioanry.

thanks
H.

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/results.asp?searchword=would&x=0&y=0
  

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} Daughter: That WOULDN'T be you concern [ IF we were shamed] .

— Mister Micawber

  • } Daughter: That WOULDN'T be you concern [ IF we were shamed] .
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Present conditional:

Mother: Imagine the shame your children WOULD endure [ IF you have children.}

Daughter: That WOULDN'T be you concern [IF we were shamed]
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thanks, but I think i didnt put my questions clearly.

What are the meaning and function of the two WOULD?

is it a past tense of the word WILL? or is it a request?

Thanks again.

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Neither. It is called the hypothetical 'would'. It is of course the past form of 'will', but refers to present or future time.
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subjunctive, isn't it?
Thanks
H.
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