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Khoshtip Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

The meanings of *would* in following sentences

Hi,

What does the term would mean in following sentences please?

1- We can read from the file exactly as we would from any other sources.
2- In the real-world code the problems would typically be much harder to spot.
3- Why would you use those functions explicitly?

Thanks.
  

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1 - conditional 'will' 2 - conditional 'will' 3 - presumably conditional 'will', though there is not enough context to be sure.

— Mister Micawber

  • 1 - conditional 'will' 2 - conditional 'will' 3 - presumably conditional 'will', though there is not enough context to be sure.
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1 - conditional 'will'
2 - conditional 'will'
3 - presumably conditional 'will', though there is not enough context to be sure.
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So can we replace those three "would" with "will", and in this state they will be correct?
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khoshtipSo can we replace those three "would" with "will", and in this state they will be correct?
No. The conditional is a part of the utterance.
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Emotion: sad. One of my major problems with the English language is dealing with the word would. I face problem when seeing it in contexts. Do you
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Isn't there any idea!?
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khoshtipIsn't there any idea!?
Patience is a virtue. Do not bump your own threads. I am not sure that your level of understanding of the language is capable of understanding the will/would complex yet. You may start here:

http://libra
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