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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

It would rain tomorrow

Hello, there. I have learned that auxiliary verbs such as 'will, should, may, could and might' can be used to tell future happenings. Here are examples:

It will rain tomorrow.

It should rain tomorrow.

It may rain tomorrow.

It could/might rain tomorrow.

And I am wondering why there is no "It would rain tomorrow". 'Would' is not used with 'tomorrow'? Or it is fine to say. "It would rain tomorrow"?

I am really confused now because of this. Please help me get out of this confusion. Thank you in advance.
  

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Unless it is being used as a conditional or as a habitual past, 'would' is a past form of 'will'. So it can appear in the future in only two special cases: 1-- Conditional II: It would rain tomorrow if a low pressure area suddenly appeared. 2-- Reported speech: The weatherman said that it would rain tomorrow.

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  • Unless it is being used as a conditional or as a habitual past, 'would' is a past form of 'will'.
  • So it can appear in the future in only two special cases: 1-- Conditional II: It would rain tomorrow if a low pressure area suddenly appeared.
  • 2-- Reported speech: The weatherman said that it would rain tomorrow.
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Unless it is being used as a conditional or as a habitual past, 'would' is a past form of 'will'. So it can appear in the future in only two special cases:

1-- Conditional II: It would rain tomorrow if a low pressure area suddenly appeared.
2-- Reported speech: The weatherman said that it would rain tomorrow.
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