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Virat1971 Posted 5 years ago
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Use of Would

In 1956, when East Jerusalem was ruled by Jordan, the Jordanian Ministry of Construction and Development and the U.N. Relief and Works Agency facilitated the construction of houses for these families in Sheikh Jarrah. But Israel would capture East Jerusalem from Jordan in 1967.

Why is would used here?

  

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virat1971 Why is would used here? would = was going to You can use 'would' for 'was going to' when telling a story of something that happened in the past. In that case, you might already know that something happened later, but still in the past, and you can express that with 'would'.

  • virat1971 Why is would used here?
  • would = was going to You can use 'would' for 'was going to' when telling a story of something that happened in the past.
  • In that case, you might already know that something happened later, but still in the past, and you can express that with 'would'.
  • Einstein had a lot of trouble understanding algebra when he was in school, but later he would be a famous physicist.
  • CJ
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virat1971Why is would used here?

would = was going to

You can use 'would' for 'was going to' when telling a story of something that happened in the past. In that case, you might already know that something happened later, but still in the past, and you can express that with 'would'.

Einstein had a lot of trouble understanding algebra when he

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