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Anonymous Posted 8 years ago
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Past of will?

Ming was planning a trip to Western Samoa. Before going, she did some research and found that the exchange rate is 6 Tala for 2 dollars. How many Tala would she get if she exchanged 6 dollars?


Is this would past of will?

  

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In some sense would is always the past of will . Here would is simply part of the pattern called the second conditional. CJ

  • In some sense would is always the past of will .
  • Here would is simply part of the pattern called the second conditional.
  • CJ
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In some sense would is always the past of will.

Here would is simply part of the pattern called the second conditional.

CJ

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Ming was planning a trip to Western Samoa. Before going, she did some research and found that the exchange rate is 6 Tala for 2 dollars. How many Tala would she get if she exchanged 6 dollars?


Is this would past of will?

Syntactically, "would" is the preterite (past tense) form of "will",

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