0Hi,02br 02br 00Please tell me how the tenses 'would' and 'will' change the context for the following.02br 02br 00After every man answered, my pastor prayed that God 01u00would/will02u00 be merciful and take the life of ... 02br 02br 00Is the only difference is that if used 'will' the event God should be merciful for shouldn't have happened yet but if used 'would', the event should have happened? 0-
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02br 00Presumably, *** is always merciful. will02i 00'). 0-
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02br 00Presumably, *** is always merciful.
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0 .02br 00Presumably, *** is always merciful. Therefore, 01u00you have the choice02u00 of regressing the verb ('01i00prayed that...would02i00'-- past of 01i00will02i00) or keeping it in the same tense ('01i00prayed that...will02i00'). They have the same meaning.0-