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Hoangtuansu Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
When to use "would"
Hello,
Here is a sentence which uses "would":
... Look at the pictures. Which do you think would help Janet feel more confidents and relaxed?
I've seen many times and many situations in which "would" is used but not follows any regular rules as I've known. (would like, conditional sentence, frequent action in past). So can anyone explain the usasge of "would"? I read this thread but he just explains several typical cases.
HTS
Here is a sentence which uses "would":
... Look at the pictures. Which do you think would help Janet feel more confidents and relaxed?
I've seen many times and many situations in which "would" is used but not follows any regular rules as I've known. (would like, conditional sentence, frequent action in past). So can anyone explain the usasge of "would"? I read this thread but he just explains several typical cases.
HTS
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Hi, Here is a sentence which uses "would": ... Look at the pictures. Which do you think would help Janet feel more confident s and relaxed?
- Hi, Here is a sentence which uses "would": ...
- Look at the pictures.
- Which do you think would help Janet feel more confident s and relaxed?
- The conditional part is not stated, but simply implied.
- Look at the pictures.
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Hi,
Here is a sentence which uses "would":
... Look at the pictures. Which do you think would help Janet feel more confidents and relaxed?
The conditional part is not stated, but simply implied.
Look at the pictures. ( If Janet were to look at th
Here is a sentence which uses "would":
... Look at the pictures. Which do you think would help Janet feel more confidents and relaxed?
The conditional part is not stated, but simply implied.
Look at the pictures. ( If Janet were to look at th
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Hi,
I'm sorry for giving too short sample sentence (or maybe I don't understand what you means by saying: "If Janet were to look at these pictures"). Actually, that is the title in my exercise:
Janet is a university lecturer. She gets nervous when she gives talks at conferences. Look at the pictures. Which do you think would help Janet feel more confident and relaxed?
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I'm sorry for giving too short sample sentence (or maybe I don't understand what you means by saying: "If Janet were to look at these pictures"). Actually, that is the title in my exercise:
Janet is a university lecturer. She gets nervous when she gives talks at conferences. Look at the pictures. Which do you think would help Janet feel more confident and relaxed?
Im
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Thanks Clive.
One more thing unrelavant to "would"'s usage is what the phrase "be to + V" means. You said "if janet were to look at the picture" but I think I'm not clear about its meaning.
Thanks,
HTS
One more thing unrelavant to "would"'s usage is what the phrase "be to + V" means. You said "if janet were to look at the picture" but I think I'm not clear about its meaning.
Thanks,
HTS
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Hi,
It's like 'If Janet looked at the picture, . . . '
ie an unreal / hypothetical condition
Clive
It's like 'If Janet looked at the picture, . . . '
ie an unreal / hypothetical condition
Clive
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Hi,
I guessed that but I'm just curious about the way you used
Is that phrase ok if I use in writing? Or just for speaking
I guessed that but I'm just curious about the way you used
Is that phrase ok if I use in writing? Or just for speaking00
Hi,
'Were' here is the subjunctive to indicate unreality (eg If I were a Martian, . . eg If I were you, . . . ).
The structure you are asking abou is If . . . were to . . . + infinitive.
eg If Tom were to visit Russia, he wou
'Were' here is the subjunctive to indicate unreality (eg If I were a Martian, . . eg If I were you, . . . ).
The structure you are asking abou is If . . . were to . . . + infinitive.
eg If Tom were to visit Russia, he wou
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