Past of will?
(The context is that there was a football match between Spain and Portugal. Around at 88 minutes of the game, Portugal found a free kick right outside the penalty box. And the commentator said the following sentence below.
This is what the Portuguese have been hoping would happen for about the last 25 minutes.
Is this sentence structure correct and is the highlighted would past of will?
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This is what the Portuguese have been hoping would happen for about the last 25 minutes . Yes, it's fine. Syntactically, "would" is a preterite (past tense) modal and "will" is the present tense.
- This is what the Portuguese have been hoping would happen for about the last 25 minutes .
- Yes, it's fine.
- Syntactically, "would" is a preterite (past tense) modal and "will" is the present tense.
- Typically, they have a modal remoteness meaning, as in your example.
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This is what the Portuguese have been hoping would happen for about the last 25 minutes.
Yes, it's fine.
Syntactically, "would" is a preterite (past tense) modal and "will" is the present tense. Typically, they have a modal remoteness meaning, as in your example.
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