Thank you again. I am still little confused. How does the listener know whether ‘would’ is used to show non factual or conditional? Is it by the context? Just like how we know that there is some implied condition with the use of would in the sentence.
anonymous How does the listener know whether ‘would’ is used to show non factual or conditional? Is it by the context? Nonfactual and conditional are not opposites!
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anonymousHow does the listener know whether ‘would’ is used to show non factualor conditional?Is it by the context?
Nonfactual and conditional are not opposites!
Yes. Context is everything.
Anyway, if you're capable of listening to English and understanding what's going on in real time, you won't need to analyze what's factual, non