Meaning of 'would'
Hi,
I'd like to ask you of the meanings of 2 "would" in the sentence in bold. As a non native speaker, "would" seems to have too many subtle different nuance.
The meaning of "would" as far as I know, sometimes it has subjunctive meaning, such as "I would go, if I were you". Also I know "would" sometimes means "used to do from time to time". But neither of these seems to be the case here.
Thank you for your help in advance again..!
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"Watch out!" Eddie yelled, but he was too late. The school bus drove by and splashed Melody, Howie, and Liza. "You guys look like kidsicles,"Eddie said with a snicker.
Liza shivered as icicles formed on her nose. "It's not funny. You'd think that bus driver would watch where he's going."
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fort lee You'd think (that) that bus driver would watch where he's going. ~ If that bus driver had any common sense, he would watch where he's going. It's a special idiomatic use of would twice.
- fort lee You'd think (that) that bus driver would watch where he's going.
- ~ If that bus driver had any common sense, he would watch where he's going.
- It's a special idiomatic use of would twice.
- You would think that ...
- would ...
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fort leeYou'd think (that) that bus driver would watch where he's going.
~ If that bus driver had any common sense, he would watch where he's going.
It's a special idiomatic use of would twice. You would think that ... would ....
Here 'you' is impersonal. It's like saying A reasonable person would expect such-and-such beh
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