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EverestCTS Posted 4 years ago
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Dan: Would you open the door for me, please?
Alex: Sure. Let me open the door for you.

Is the would in the question conditional? Is it a conditional would?

  

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No, it's not conditional. This one is obvious, I think. It's a "polite request and question" .

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  • No, it's not conditional.
  • This one is obvious, I think.
  • It's a "polite request and question" .
  • One of the would usages is to express a polite request and question.
  • It's like to say: Could you open the door for me, please?
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No, it's not conditional. This one is obvious, I think. It's a "polite request and question". One of the would usages is to express a polite request and question.

It's like to say: Could you open the door for me, please?

You could use either could or would there.

If you didn't use would, the sentence would be "Open the door

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