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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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difference & use of will be and would be

How and where to use will be and would be?
  

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When referring to the future will be indicates more certainity and would be indicates doubtfulness. In a few cases, would be can also be considered a polite form of will be. Prajwal

— Prajwalkr

  • When referring to the future will be indicates more certainity and would be indicates doubtfulness.
  • In a few cases, would be can also be considered a polite form of will be.
  • Prajwal
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When referring to the future will be indicates more certainity and would be indicates doubtfulness. In a few cases, would be can also be considered a polite form of will be.

Prajwal
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'Would' is normally used for future reference only in hypotheical utterances and in reported speech:

I would stop work tomorrow if I were single.
The Principal announced that he would retire in 2013.
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Anonymous How and where to use will be and would be?
There are so many uses of "will" and "would" that it is impossible to explain all of them in a forum post.

You might start with these basics.

will indicates the future of the present.
would indicates the future of the past.

Present. Jake thinks that he
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