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um sorry can someone explain to me why they used " would " in that sentence and when we use would ?
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I am not a teacher, so I don't know the standard explanations for verb forms, but I was the one who failed to follow up on your previous post, so I feel guilty and will try to give you a good answer now. "Would" is conditional. He would feel better if he had an EXP bar.
- I am not a teacher, so I don't know the standard explanations for verb forms, but I was the one who failed to follow up on your previous post, so I feel guilty and will try to give you a good answer now.
- "Would" is conditional.
- He would feel better if he had an EXP bar.
- " The topic in grammar here is modality.
- q=modality
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I am not a teacher, so I don't know the standard explanations for verb forms, but I was the one who failed to follow up on your previous post, so I feel guilty and will try to give you a good answer now.
"Would" is conditional. He would feel better if he had an EXP bar. To express that non-conditionally, you might say "He will feel better when he gets an EXP b
0Here are the basic patterns for conditional sentences:
First Conditional: IF ... [present], ... WILL ...
Second Conditional: IF ... [past*], ... WOULD ...
Third Conditional: IF ... HAD [pp], ... WOULD HAVE [pp] ...
*was in this position is normally changed to were, though not all speakers make this change.
(pp ~ 'past participle')
0thanhdatnguyen thanhdatnguyenwhen do we use "would"?
That's too big a question for a forum post answer. You'll have to read about it in a grammar book.
Here's a list of the uses of 'would' that someone posted some time ago.
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