There was a time that I would relish the details.
Is 'would' used like 'used to'? Why isn't it 'would delight me'?
Dracula: So if I let them go to Braila, they'll stop scheming and whining?
Isaac: I think so. It will give Carmila some power, but that's not a bad thing.
Dracula: No. The war room will speak to you and Hector in one voice instead of a dozen.
Isaac: Indeed. And at the end of t he day, you don't care. So long as the war continues.
Dracula: Fine, then. I'm tired, Isaac. There was a time that I would relish the details. Oh, there was a time, a time when the smallest details of death delighted me.
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Tara2 Is 'would' used like 'used to'? Yes. Tara2 Why isn't it 'would delight me'?
- Tara2 Is 'would' used like 'used to'?
- Yes.
- Tara2 Why isn't it 'would delight me'?
- It could have been.
- Both have the same meaning in the given context, so the two ways of saying it could even have been interchanged: There was a time that I relished the details.
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Tara2Is 'would' used like 'used to'?
Yes.
Tara2Why isn't it 'would delight me'?
It could have been. Both have the same meaning in the given context, so the two ways of saying it could even have been interchanged:
There was a time that I relished the details. Oh, there was a time, a time when the sm
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