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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Will or would

which of the 4 sentences is correct?

1) The nominated employee would not participate in the training.
2) The nominated employee will not participate in the training.
3) The nominated employee would not be able to participate in the training.
4) The nominated employee will not participate in the training.
  

Top answer

All the sentences are correct, but they have different meanings. 1. He is refusing to participate or I know the type of person he is, and I know he will refuse.

  • All the sentences are correct, but they have different meanings.
  • 1.
  • He is refusing to participate or I know the type of person he is, and I know he will refuse.
  • 2.
  • It is definite that he is not going to participate (for whatever reason).
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All the sentences are correct, but they have different meanings.

1. He is refusing to participate or I know the type of person he is, and I know he will refuse.
2. It is definite that he is not going to participate (for whatever reason).
3. Under some circumstances we may or may not know, I can say that it is not going to happen that he participate. Maybe he will be too sick or h
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The first one does not necessarily mean the person is refusing to participate. For example, if one said, "We learned that the nominated candidate would not participate in the training," that doesn't give any indication why he won't be participating, just that we learned that he would not be there.

All of the above sentences are correct. In some situations, there might be slight nuances

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