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We couldn't find anything that would describe a situation like mine.
Is ‘would’ in the sentence past of will?
What if I just say, ‘We couldn't find anything that described a situation like mine.’, what’s the difference in meaning between the first sentence and this sentence? Thank you in advance.
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anonymous 1) We couldn't find anything that described a situation like mine. 2) We couldn't find anything that would describe a situation like mine. Here is one interpretation.
- anonymous 1) We couldn't find anything that described a situation like mine.
- 2) We couldn't find anything that would describe a situation like mine.
- Here is one interpretation.
- There may be others.
- 1) This sounds like you had a very definite idea of what you were looking for.
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anonymous1) We couldn't find anything that described a situation like mine.
2) We couldn't find anything that would describe a situation like mine.
Here is one interpretation. There may be others.
1) This sounds like you had a very definite idea of what you were looking for. You looked for it, examining many possibilities, but you didn't find an
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