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Viceidol Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

I would/will buy it for you.

I would buy it for you.

I will buy it for you.

Is there any difference between them? Please give me your opinion and I'd appreciate it. Thank you!
  

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The first sentence is more hypothetical: «I'd buy it if I could» Being able to buy "it" is the hypothesys...

  • The first sentence is more hypothetical: «I'd buy it if I could» Being able to buy "it" is the hypothesys...
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The first sentence is more hypothetical:

«I'd buy it if I could»

Being able to buy "it" is the hypothesys...
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1) perhaps
2) definite will
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I would buy it for you (if certain conditions currently under consideration applied).
I will buy it for you (I promise; there is no doubt in my mind).
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Use would in the context of some imagined state of affairs.
What would you do if you had a million dollars? (Maybe you don't have a million dollars, but imagine it.)

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