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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Will vs would
Which of these two sentences is correct; "It was concluded that the event will be successful." or "It was concluded that the event would be successful."? My thought is that the second sentence requires or implies an "if" statement, e.g. "It was concluded that the event would be successful if more advertising was done." When there is no "if" (it will be successful fullstop) then is using "would" wrong? Thanks.
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Both sentences are fine. "It was concluded that the event will be successful" implies that the success of the event still lies in the future. In the absence of any "if", the "would" in the second sentence is simply the past tense of "will".
- Both sentences are fine.
- "It was concluded that the event will be successful" implies that the success of the event still lies in the future.
- In the absence of any "if", the "would" in the second sentence is simply the past tense of "will".
- It looks forward to a future success from the perspective of the time in the past when the conclusion was reached.
- The success could now lie in the past, or it could still lie in the future.
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Both sentences are fine. "It was concluded that the event will be successful" implies that the success of the event still lies in the future. In the absence of any "if", the "would" in the second sentence is simply the past tense of "will". It looks forward to a future success from the perspective of the time in the past when the conclusion was reached. The success could now lie in the past, or i
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