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Eng.noob Posted 18 years ago
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using WOULD in past tense?

0After receiving a 05000 in 05100, he would instead seek a life in music though he had no formal training and could not read a note.02br
00(Taken from wikipedia from an article about Yanni )02br
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00What is would doing here? What does it signify in this context? 0240hrefhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B.A.cB.A.241hrefhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychologycpsychology
  

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0 Sometimes, the answer to a question lies in another question. That question here is; how would that sentence read otherwise?02br
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00After receiving a 05000 in 05100, he 01b00pursued02b00 a life in music though he had no formal training and could not read a note.02br
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00Comparing that with the original:02
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01cite10Eng.noob12cite10After receiving a 15010 in 15110, he would instead seek a life in music12blockquote
10It's a timeline thing. You could equally say "01i00After receiving a 05200 in 05300, he instead seeked a life in music02i00". In my example the listener is lo
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01cite10Eng.noob12cite10After receiving a 15010 in 15110, he would instead seek a life in music though he had no formal training and could not read a note.12br
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10What is would doing here? What does it signify in this context? 12br
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0Just to clarify a bit: "would" is the future viewed from the point of view of the past and replaces "will" which is used if the point of view is the present. Hence:02br
00"01b01font00This morning02font02b00 John said he 01b01font00will02font00 02b00be going fis
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This morning Efra said he will be going fishing tomorrow
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