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Soheil1 Posted 8 years ago
Vocabulary

Were to

Hi.

What does "were to" mean in:

More practical chances were to be found in [...]

(from Modern Chess Planning, p. 130)


Thanks in advance

  

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were expected/supposed to be ...

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... were expected/supposed to be ...

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[1] More practical chances were to be found in ...

[2] More practical chances could be found in ...

This is the 'quasi-modal' use the verb "be" in a passive clause.

It's called that because it has a weak dynamic meaning like that of "could", as in [2]

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