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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

No offense, but why [would/ did] she send you a candy cane?

Gretchen is the only friend of Regina who didn't get candies fro Christmas form Regina
Gretchen: No offense, but why would she send you a candy cane? She doesn't even like you that much. May be she feels weird around me because I'm the only person that knows about her nose job. Oh my god. Pretend you didn't know that
<From the movie "Mean Girls">
I'd like to know why "would" is used, not "did."
Thank you in advance for your help.
  

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park sang joonI'd like to know why "would" is used, not "did."
"Why would ...?" suggests that the speaker cannot imagine a reason that explains the given situation. The speaker is puzzled by what seems illogical. The situation does not make sense to the speaker.

"Why did ...?" asks directly for the reason, without the extra shade of meaning that sho
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Thank you, teechr, for another so kind answer from you. Emotion: smile
Thank you, Mr.Jim, for your so valuable answer.
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park sang joonI was wondering, though, if I can use "would" if though the blind person had already bought the some books yesterday, and the speaker know
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