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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

"would"

Hi all

Can we remove "would" from below sentence:

David doubted that he would have time to finish his work.

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Anonymous Can we remove "would" from below sentence: David doubted that he would have time to finish his work. No, because the needed form of "have" would then be "had": David doubted that he had time to finish his work. CJ

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  • Anonymous Can we remove "would" from below sentence: David doubted that he would have time to finish his work.
  • No, because the needed form of "have" would then be "had": David doubted that he had time to finish his work.
  • CJ
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AnonymousCan we remove "would" from below sentence:

David doubted that he would have time to finish his work.
No, because the needed form of "have" would then be "had":

David doubted that he had time to finish his work.

CJ
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AnonymousCan we remove "would" from below sentence:
David doubted that he would have time to finish his work.
The sentence would not be correct if you removed "would."
You may say, "David doubted [that] he had time to finish his work."
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