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Nerdikarp Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Help with '...i will...' vs '...i would...'

he told me i will be chopping trees

he told me i would be chopping trees

which is correct? what's the difference?
  

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Hi he told me i will be chopping trees he told me i would be chopping trees which is correct? what's the difference? He told me I would be chopping trees.

— Vsuresh

  • Hi he told me i will be chopping trees he told me i would be chopping trees which is correct?
  • what's the difference?
  • He told me I would be chopping trees.
  • This is reported speech would is the past equivalent of will and thus it is used in reported speech.
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Hi

he told me i will be chopping trees
he told me i would be chopping trees


which is correct? what's the difference?

He told me I would be chopping trees. This is reported speech

would is the past equivalent of will and thus it is used in reported speech.
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However, if the tree-chopping is still in the future, the speaker may elect to retain the future verb rather than regress it with the reporting verb. So both can be 'correct'.
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Thank you Mister Micawber. I will remember the point you have mentioned.
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