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Tenjing Posted 12 years ago
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Would

A. Why would people feel jealous? Vs. Why do people feel jealous?
What's the difference?
  

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tenjing Why do people feel jealous? This is a somewhat rhetorical question on human nature. Perhaps the thesis of a research project in psychology.

  • tenjing Why do people feel jealous?
  • This is a somewhat rhetorical question on human nature.
  • Perhaps the thesis of a research project in psychology.
  • tenjing Why would people feel jealous?
  • This implies a particular incident or cause in mind.
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tenjingWhy do people feel jealous?
This is a somewhat rhetorical question on human nature. Perhaps the thesis of a research project in psychology.
tenjingWhy would people feel jealous?
This implies a particular incident or cause in mind.
She was only talking to and giving a friendly hug to his best friend. Why would he
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Thanks a lot. I have one more question.
Jack: why would she want to get divorced?
Alex: she would want to get divorced to save the money because her husband is so exorbitant and doesn't earn well.
Rocky: that's how I would think.

Is the entire conversation correct?
Is the use of would in Alex's sentence correct or it's unnecessary? Or can we replace the sentence with "I t
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Jack: Why would she want to get divorced? - This is a natural question. Jack is asking for a reason, in the case that she might want to get divorced. He would ask, "Why does she want to get divorced?" if he knows for certain that she has filed for divorce.

Alex: She would want to get divorced because of to save the money
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Thanks a lot, Alpheccastars. In Alex's sentence, that's just a possible reason for the divorce, right? That may not be the correct reason,right? That's just what Alex would think. Am I right?
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tenjing Thanks a lot, Alpheccastars. In Alex's sentence, that's just a possible reason for the divorce, right? That may not be the correct reason,right? That's just what Alex would think. Am I right?
Alex gives his best reasoning for a possible divorce in the future. He knows the woman's character well enough to speculate.

Alex: She would want to divo

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