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User577 Posted 8 years ago
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Is *would* correct here?

the one that I asked in the question
  

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user577 the one that I asked in the question That's this: Daddy only drank so that statue of liberty would take her clothes off . No. Obviously you can't substitute didn't for wouldn't because there is no wouldn't in the whole sentence.

  • user577 the one that I asked in the question That's this: Daddy only drank so that statue of liberty would take her clothes off .
  • No.
  • Obviously you can't substitute didn't for wouldn't because there is no wouldn't in the whole sentence.
  • You can't substitute for did for would either.
  • It implies that the statue did remove her clothes, which is ridiculous.
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user577 the one that I asked in the question

That's this:

Daddy only drank so that statue of liberty would take her clothes off.


No. Obviously you can't substitute didn't for wouldn't because there is no wouldn't in the whole sentence.

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