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Newguest Posted 15 years ago
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If we would find ...
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Instead of forcing our will upon life: instead of making ourselves a
centre around which everything else must revolve: instead of
demanding and compelling, if we would find real happiness and true
satisfaction at all, we must love and serve God and man, life and the
world, and thus enter into the harmony of the Whole.
Does that "would" make sense there? I would say something like "want to"?
Instead of forcing our will upon life: instead of making ourselves a
centre around which everything else must revolve: instead of
demanding and compelling, if we would find real happiness and true
satisfaction at all, we must love and serve God and man, life and the
world, and thus enter into the harmony of the Whole.
Does that "would" make sense there? I would say something like "want to"?
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"want to" is fine. ", which indicates a plan to do something rather than simply wanting to do something. if we are to find real happiness and true satisfaction at all, we must love and serve *** and man, life and the world, and thus enter into the harmony of the Whole.
- "want to" is fine.
- ", which indicates a plan to do something rather than simply wanting to do something.
- if we are to find real happiness and true satisfaction at all, we must love and serve *** and man, life and the world, and thus enter into the harmony of the Whole.
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"want to" is fine. "would" is more like "if we are to find..", which indicates a plan to do something rather than simply wanting to do something.
if we are to find real happiness and true satisfaction at all, we must love and serve *** and man, life and the
world, and thus enter into the harmony of the Whole.
if we are to find real happiness and true satisfaction at all, we must love and serve *** and man, life and the
world, and thus enter into the harmony of the Whole.
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Does that "would" make sense there?
Yes, but that usage is rare in modern English.
I would say something like "want to".
Yes, that's the general idea.
CJ
Yes, but that usage is rare in modern English.
I would say something like "want to".
Yes, that's the general idea.
CJ
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