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Old Eladio Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
What's the role of would here?
0 I suppose that the role of would in the following sentence: 02 br
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01 b 01 i 00 When we worked in the same office, we would often have coffee together. 02 i 02 b 02 br
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00 is " 01 b 00 When we worked in the same office, we often used to have coffee together 02 b 00 " 02 br
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00 Am I okay? But anyway, can I say 01 u 00 with the same meaning 02 u 00 ?: 02 br
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00 When we worked in the same office, we often had coffee together. 02 br
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00 I'm sorrry, I'm not a native English speaker and I hate to say this, but I cannot understand WHY English native speakers often choose so tangled verbal constructions! I suppose all languages have their shocking sentences, mine included! 02 br
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01 b 01 i 00 When we worked in the same office, we would often have coffee together. 02 i 02 b 02 br
02 br
00 is " 01 b 00 When we worked in the same office, we often used to have coffee together 02 b 00 " 02 br
02 br
00 Am I okay? But anyway, can I say 01 u 00 with the same meaning 02 u 00 ?: 02 br
02 br
00 When we worked in the same office, we often had coffee together. 02 br
02 br
00 I'm sorrry, I'm not a native English speaker and I hate to say this, but I cannot understand WHY English native speakers often choose so tangled verbal constructions! I suppose all languages have their shocking sentences, mine included! 02 br
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12 i 12 b 12 br 12 br 10 is " 11 b 10 When we worked in the same office, we often used to have coffee together 12 b 10 " 12 br 12 br 10 Am I okay? 12 br 12 br 10 I'm sorrry, I'm not a native English speaker and I hate to say this, but I cannot understand WHY English native speakers often choose so tangled verbal constructions! 11 font 10 No need to apologize.
- 12 i 12 b 12 br 12 br 10 is " 11 b 10 When we worked in the same office, we often used to have coffee together 12 b 10 " 12 br 12 br 10 Am I okay?
- 12 br 12 br 10 I'm sorrry, I'm not a native English speaker and I hate to say this, but I cannot understand WHY English native speakers often choose so tangled verbal constructions!
- 11 font 10 No need to apologize.
- 12 font 10 Eladio 12 br 12 blockquote 11 font 00 Yep, same meaning.
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01 cite 10 Old Eladio 12 cite 10 I suppose that the role of would in the following sentence: 12 br
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11 b 11 i 10 When we worked in the same office, we would often have coffee together. 12 i 12 b 12 br
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10 is " 11 b 10 When we worked in the same office, we often used to have
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01 cite 10 Old Eladio 12 cite 10 I suppose that the role of would in the following sentence: 12 br
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11 b 11 i 10 When we worked in the same office, we would often have coffee together. 12 i 12 b 12 br
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10 is " 11 b 10 When we worked in the same office, we often used to have
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0 Hello Eladio 02 br
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00 I agree with you about how entangled the use of "would" is in English. I too got puzzled when I learned for the first time that this "would" has a past sense. 02 br
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00 It is likely the original basic sense of the verbal "will do" was "choose to do". From this sense, "will do" obtained a derivative sense "desire to do" or "want t
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00 I agree with you about how entangled the use of "would" is in English. I too got puzzled when I learned for the first time that this "would" has a past sense. 02 br
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00 It is likely the original basic sense of the verbal "will do" was "choose to do". From this sense, "will do" obtained a derivative sense "desire to do" or "want t
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