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Kunsusuki Posted 11 years ago
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Hi.
What kind of action does would+verb indicate when referring to the past?
Thank you in advance.
What kind of action does would+verb indicate when referring to the past?
Thank you in advance.
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What kind of action does would+verb indicate when referring to the past? Thank you in advance Habitual. g.
- What kind of action does would+verb indicate when referring to the past?
- Thank you in advance Habitual.
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- Before we moved to California, we lived in the couth and my father would take my brother and me on his hunting trip.
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kunsusuki Hi.What kind of action does would+verb indicate when referring to the past? Thank you in advanceHabitual. As something one would do regularly in the past, e.g. Before we moved to California, we lived in the couth and my father would take my brother and me on his hunting trip.
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kunsusuki Hi.What kind of action does would+verb indicate when referring to the past? Thank you in advance.1. It may indicate a 'reported' action in reported speech:
He said :"I will be late."
He said he would be late.
2. It may describe a future-in-the-past action:
He settled down in Paris where he would spend the rest of his life.
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