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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Grammar

i'm new to this community,but it looks great and very useful.i'm very hopeful that you'll clarify the difference between will and would.
  

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Will suggests that a certain action will happen in the future. Would means that there is a probability that a certain action will occur in the future or it may not happen at all. Example: It will rain this afternoon.

— Rai Tangpuz

  • Will suggests that a certain action will happen in the future.
  • Would means that there is a probability that a certain action will occur in the future or it may not happen at all.
  • Example: It will rain this afternoon.
  • means it certainly is going to rain in the afternoon It would probably rain this afternoon.
  • You cannot say It will probably rain this afternoon because will refers to certainty and will and probably contradict each other.
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Will suggests that a certain action will happen in the future.

Would means that there is a probability that a certain action will occur in the future or it may not happen at all.

Example:

It will rain this afternoon.

means it certainly is going to rain in the afternoon

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It will probably rain this afternoon

This is a very common and very correct natural utterance, Rai. 'Will' and 'probably' do not contradict each other at all.
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Oh sorry, my bad Emotion: smile Thanks for correcting me.

I think my English grammar us getting rusty. Probably because I've been studyin
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I understand. Well, this in an English language forum, not a Japanese or Korean language forum, so please think carefully before you try to answer members' questions. I myself often check my grammar books or the internet before I answer a question, and I am a native teacher of English.
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