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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
What would be an example of .......?
Dear friends,
Recently I find sentence "What would be an example of ..... ?
It is confusing me because I cannot find this structure in grammar book or in internet, even I have many sentence examples from web.
My question is why we use "What would" instead of "What is/ are" ?
Thanks a lot.
Recently I find sentence "What would be an example of ..... ?
It is confusing me because I cannot find this structure in grammar book or in internet, even I have many sentence examples from web.
My question is why we use "What would" instead of "What is/ are" ?
Thanks a lot.
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Hello The modal verb "would" has many uses one of which is possibility. In your sentence the speaker is asking for a possible example of X.
- Hello The modal verb "would" has many uses one of which is possibility.
- In your sentence the speaker is asking for a possible example of X.
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Hello
The modal verb "would" has many uses one of which is possibility. In your sentence the speaker is asking for a possible example of X.
The modal verb "would" has many uses one of which is possibility. In your sentence the speaker is asking for a possible example of X.
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Well it's quite common to use "would" instead of is/are. The question could be thought of as an implied conditional where the if-clause is omitted .
What would be an example of a sea mammal (if your teacher asked you that question)? (read up on conditional II sentences and other conditionals for that matter)
What would be an example of a sea mammal (if your teacher asked you that question)? (read up on conditional II sentences and other conditionals for that matter)
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Thanks a lot, Ivan. Guiding to certain conditional is very helpfull.
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