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Mitsuo23 Posted 17 years ago
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Difference between "did" and "would"

What is the difference between did and would?

Please take a look at the link below:

http://books.google.com/books?id=A5VBQ3I21TIC&pg=PA101&dq=in+the+morning+the+man+and+woman+were+sitting&ei=xl-RSejsDo_GlQSIlbXTCg#PPA101,M1


Page 101, line 2, there's a sentence that reads, "They would not move." Why does it have to be would, instead of did?
  

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Hi, What is the difference between did and would ? " Why does it have to be would, instead of did ? Tom did not move.

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  • Hi, What is the difference between did and would ?
  • " Why does it have to be would, instead of did ?
  • Tom did not move.
  • Just states a fact.
  • Maybe he didn't want to move.
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Hi,
What is the difference between did and would?




Page 101, line 2, there's a sentence that reads, "They would not move." Why does it have to be would, instead of did?

Tom did not move. Just states a fact. Maybe he didn't want to move. Maybe he was dead. We don't know why he didn't move.

Tom would not move. He
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