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Jesusengland Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
I had a feeling that the vacation was going to be a disaster./would be a disaster.
Hello.
If we use "would" and "was going to" meaning Prediction in the Future in the Past, what is the difference between these sentences?
- I had a feeling that the vacation was going to be a disaster.
- I had a feeling that the vacation would be a disaster.
Thanks.
If we use "would" and "was going to" meaning Prediction in the Future in the Past, what is the difference between these sentences?
- I had a feeling that the vacation was going to be a disaster.
- I had a feeling that the vacation would be a disaster.
Thanks.
Top answer
could /would be are less firm here, more hypothetical
- could /would be are less firm here, more hypothetical
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Hello.
- I had a feeling that the vacation would be a disaster.
Here you mean that the vacation was surely a disaster.
- I had a feeling that the vacation was going to be a disaster.
(imagine you're telling it now, not in the past) Here you think (thought) or expect that the vocati
- I had a feeling that the vacation would be a disaster.
Here you mean that the vacation was surely a disaster.
- I had a feeling that the vacation was going to be a disaster.
(imagine you're telling it now, not in the past) Here you think (thought) or expect that the vocati
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