Use of would in present situation
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Someone informs over the phone after noticing some armed people "There are some armed people as I can see."
Other person replies "that would be delta force"
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rajemessage Use of would in present situation "that would be delta force" Yes, that's a use of "would" in a present situation. Was that your question? It's not clear in some of your posts what you're question is or what you would like to know.
- rajemessage Use of would in present situation "that would be delta force" Yes, that's a use of "would" in a present situation.
- Was that your question?
- It's not clear in some of your posts what you're question is or what you would like to know.
- CJ
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rajemessage Use of would in present situation
"that would be delta force"
Yes, that's a use of "would" in a present situation.
Was that your question? It's not clear in some of your posts what you're question is or what you would like to know.
CJ
0Personally, I don't think the modal auxiliary verbs have tense. Some people say those are part of finite verbs (anomalous finite), so they have tense. I think they have only the modality, which is a complex cognitive expression in the psychic space of the speakers. In those psychic space you are free from the constraint by time.
The would is a modal that leads the speaker to
0Other person replies "that would be delta force"
This is not a natural reply in your context.
Clive
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