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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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00Why is it that in the situation below, 'would' has to go with 'spent' and 'will' with 'has spent"? I know 'would' is used in the sense of indicating past actions but 'would' is also used for indicating conditional intention.02br
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01i00He 01u00spent02u00 many hours trying to make sure everything 01u00would (why not 'will'??)02u00 go as planned.02i02br
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00We don't have to make changes for these though..02br
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01i00He spent many hours making dolls.02i02br
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01i00He spent many hours trying to improve himself.02i02br
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01i00He spent many hours making dolls while eating dinner.02i02br
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00Why do we have to put both verbs 'spent' and 'would' in a past event sense, which I think is what happened for the original sentence? 0-
  

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0Hi,02br 02br 00Hi,02br 02br 01font 00Why is it that in the situation below, 'would' has to go with 'spent' and 'will' with 'has spent"? 02font 02i 02br 02br 01font 00Why do we have to put both verbs 'spent' and 'would' in a past event sense, which I think is what happened for the original sentence? 02br 02br 01i 00He 01u 00spent02u 00 many hours trying to make sure everything 01u 00would 02u 00go as planned.

— Clive

  • 0Hi,02br 02br 00Hi,02br 02br 01font 00Why is it that in the situation below, 'would' has to go with 'spent' and 'will' with 'has spent"?
  • 02font 02i 02br 02br 01font 00Why do we have to put both verbs 'spent' and 'would' in a past event sense, which I think is what happened for the original sentence?
  • 02br 02br 01i 00He 01u 00spent02u 00 many hours trying to make sure everything 01u 00would 02u 00go as planned.
  • 02i 00 You can also use 'will'.
  • But this means the event he was planning is going to happen in the future.
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