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Jackson6612 Posted 19 years ago
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difference between the meaning of these sentences: when will you be back...

1font01b00102b00: When 01i01b00will02b02i00 you be back from California?02font02br
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01font01b00202b00: When 01i01b00would02b02i00 you be back from California?02font02br
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01font00What is the difference between the meaning of above sentences?02font0-
  

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1font 01b 00102b 00: When 01i 01b 00will02b 02i 00 you be back from California? )02font 02br 02br 01font 01b 00202b 00: When 01i 01b 00would02b 02i 00 you be back from California? )02font 0-

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  • 1font 01b 00102b 00: When 01i 01b 00will02b 02i 00 you be back from California?
  • )02font 02br 02br 01font 01b 00202b 00: When 01i 01b 00would02b 02i 00 you be back from California?
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1font01b00102b00: When 01i01b00will02b02i00 you be back from California? (The listener is going to California.)02font02br
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01font01b00202b00: When 01i01b00would02b02i00 you be back from California?
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0 2nd is more potential, hypothetical, doubtful, as many conditionals. 02br
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00 1st implies more the willingness of the other person in coming back, in some contexts. 0-
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0 1. "01font00When 01i01b00will02b02i00 you be back from California?02font00" asks a simple question about an expectation. "You" may or may not already be in California. The person asking the question either knows that "you" are already in California or are planning to go to California, and wants to know when you
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