Dear all,
Please see the following sentences. They are taken from the Facebook post of a native English teacher. Here please tell me why he used the word "would". As per my understanding "Usually I open presents in the morning is OK". Secondly, I'd like to know whether the usage "I was up really late last night" is natural. As a non-native speaker, I tend to say "I stayed up really late last night". Lastly, can we say "so I got up late this morning" instead of "so I slept late this morning"? I'd like to get your opinion on this.
"It's time to open/unwrap presents and find out what Santa brought me for Christmas. Usually I 'would' open presents in the morning, but 'I was up' really late last night, so I slept late this morning."
Please see the following sentences. They are taken from the Facebook post of a native English teacher. Here please tell me why he used the word "would".
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Please see the following sentences. They are taken from the Facebook post of a native English teacher. Here please tell me why he used the word "would". ' would' stresses that it is a habit.
As per my understanding "Usually I open presents in the morning is OK". Yes, that's OK.
Secondly, I'd like to know whether the usage "I was up really