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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Should would will

I can't seem to distinguish the big difference. Could someone please explain. Thanks.

PC DRAM prices may stabilize from August, but we think that such a development should/would/will only be temporary.
  

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we think that such a development will only be temporary will indicates the future. The speaker is certain about this development. we think that such a development would only be temporary would indicates that the stabilization of PC DRAM prices is not regarded as certain, but that IF this stabilization occurs, it will be temporary.

— CalifJim

  • we think that such a development will only be temporary will indicates the future.
  • The speaker is certain about this development.
  • we think that such a development would only be temporary would indicates that the stabilization of PC DRAM prices is not regarded as certain, but that IF this stabilization occurs, it will be temporary.
  • would is used to describe the imagined consequences of an imagined situation.
  • This choice is the least idiomatic of the three, in my opinion.
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we think that such a development will only be temporary

will indicates the future. The speaker is certain about this development.

we think that such a development would only be temporary

would indicates that the stabilization of PC DRAM prices is not regarded as certain,

but that IF this stabilization occurs, it will be
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