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Mitsuo23 Posted 15 years ago
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What kind of would?
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Would you tell me what kind of "would" this is?
"Well, then, I think it would be good for you to call that store in Michigans who owe us the twelve dollars and fifty cents."
Thank you,
m
Would you tell me what kind of "would" this is?
"Well, then, I think it would be good for you to call that store in Michigans who owe us the twelve dollars and fifty cents."
Thank you,
m
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It's the "would" that usually goes in an explicit "second conditional" to indicate that the situation is being considered as something hypothetical. Here, however, it's implicit . The corresponding explicit form is more like this: It would be good if you called that store.
- It's the "would" that usually goes in an explicit "second conditional" to indicate that the situation is being considered as something hypothetical.
- Here, however, it's implicit .
- The corresponding explicit form is more like this: It would be good if you called that store.
- CJ
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It's the "would" that usually goes in an explicit "second conditional" to indicate that the situation is being considered as something hypothetical.
Here, however, it's implicit. The corresponding explicit form is more like this:
It would be good if you called that store.
CJ
Here, however, it's implicit. The corresponding explicit form is more like this:
It would be good if you called that store.
CJ
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Thank you for the reply.
Then my question becomes like, why does she speak a hypothetical way?
The sentence "Well, then, I think it would be good for you to call that store in Michigans who owe us the twelve dollars and fifty cents." actually follows the one in my another post:
I'd then pick up the phone and pretend to dial. There was no way I could get
Then my question becomes like, why does she speak a hypothetical way?
The sentence "Well, then, I think it would be good for you to call that store in Michigans who owe us the twelve dollars and fifty cents." actually follows the one in my another post:
I'd then pick up the phone and pretend to dial. There was no way I could get
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