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English_Learner123 Posted 17 years ago
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Hi,
I've a little confusion in one of the dialogue of the movie 'Dark knight' in which joker said:
"let's wind the clock back a year. This cops and lawyers wouldn't dare to cross any of you"
What did he mean by the word "would" and "wind" here?
Thanks in advance.
I've a little confusion in one of the dialogue of the movie 'Dark knight' in which joker said:
"let's wind the clock back a year. This cops and lawyers wouldn't dare to cross any of you"
What did he mean by the word "would" and "wind" here?
Thanks in advance.
Top answer
To wind a clock is to turn the mechanism that is attached to the spring inside that keeps the clock working. If you wind a clock back, you (metaphorically) go backwards in time. The speaker is suggesting that they go back a year in time.
- To wind a clock is to turn the mechanism that is attached to the spring inside that keeps the clock working.
- If you wind a clock back, you (metaphorically) go backwards in time.
- The speaker is suggesting that they go back a year in time.
- The verb is wind ; the past and past participle are wound .
- The would shows that there is an implicit condition and that the action is hypothetical.
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To wind a clock is to turn the mechanism that is attached to the spring inside that keeps the clock working. If you wind a clock back, you (metaphorically) go backwards in time. The speaker is suggesting that they go back a year in time.
The verb is wind; the past and past participle are wound.
The would shows that there is an implicit condition and that t
The verb is wind; the past and past participle are wound.
The would shows that there is an implicit condition and that t
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English_Learner123I've a little confusion in one of the dialogue of the movie 'Dark knight' in which joker said:
Side note: In this case, it is not natural in American dialect English to use the contraction. We would say:
I am a little confused about the dialogue...
I'm a little confused...
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Hi, CJ,
I may be misreading the script or the conditionals or both, but it seems like The Joker is chastising his boys for having lost their cahones during the past year.
I take it more like, "Last year these guys would not have intimidated you!"
Well, I suppose this could be rephrased as, "If it were last year, these guys would not be intim
I may be misreading the script or the conditionals or both, but it seems like The Joker is chastising his boys for having lost their cahones during the past year.
I take it more like, "Last year these guys would not have intimidated you!"
Well, I suppose this could be rephrased as, "If it were last year, these guys would not be intim
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Avangi"Four months ago, the President would not have considered handing GM 4 Billion."I take a hypothesis to be a supposition:
Does something like this qualify as a "numbered" conditional?
Suppose it were last year (now). In that case, they would not intimidate you (now).
Also, for yours:
Suppose it were four months ago
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