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Newguest Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

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00Sometimes I wonder why someone uses "I'd" something rather than "I was" for example.02br
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00Someone wrote: I was at this friendly spar. 01b00I'd 02b00be the guy opposite the dude in the white shirt. Why not write: I was the guy opposite..... Does it change anything?0-
  

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0 It implies a condition. For example, 01b00"01i00I'd have been02i02b01i00 the guy opposite the dude in the white shirt [if you were to have looked]02i00".0-
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01cite10Newguest12cite10I was at this friendly spar. 11b10I'd 12b10be the guy opposite the dude in the white shirt.12blockquote
10 I see no reason to use 01i00I'd02i00. I also wonder why it is used instead of 01i00I was02i00. Is there anything more
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11cite20Newguest22cite20I was at this friendly spar. 21b20I'd 22b20be the guy opposite the dude in the white shirt.22blockquote
20 I see no reason to use 11i10I'd12i10. I also wonder why it is used instea
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01cite10Newguest12cite10 One thing 11b10I used to do12b10 is focusing on the feeling of different parts of my body. 11b10I'd work12b10 on one part of the body after another, then I'd do ..........12br
10I know that it's a very short example, but I would write: I worked on one part..12
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0Do you think it's OK to write it this way, I would write: One thing I used to do 01b00was02b00.......not 01b00is02b00???0-
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0 I would say "One thing I used to do was..." but I think "One thing I used to do is..." wouldn't be too bad either, in certain contexts.02br
00As for your question, I don't think "would" is ever used instead of "was". It is used as a kind of "used to" (When I was young, I would watch TV for hours), and you'll sometimes see "would" used in a curious way:02br
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0 John: Who is the president of the US?02br
00Bob: Oh, that would be George Bush. 02br
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00Very interesting example. What's the meaning of would in this context, Kooyeen?0-
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0> Bob: Oh, that would be George Bush.02br
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0 For an interesting (and not-so-easy) discussion01i00 02i00about 01i00"That 01b00would be02b00 Della's car02i00" versus 01i00"That 01b00is02b00 Della's car02i00" (01i00would02i00 of probability),01i00 02i05000.02br
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