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MFarooq Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Would
Hi everyone,
Please,explain to me.Why is " would " used in the passage below;
The reaction was swift and used all the tools available to bring these countries back to their previous role, like the loans of the World Bank and the structural adjustment programs of the IMF. These WOULD later lead to the crisis in Latin America, Asia and Russia and plunge millions below the poverty line.
Thanks
Please,explain to me.Why is " would " used in the passage below;
The reaction was swift and used all the tools available to bring these countries back to their previous role, like the loans of the World Bank and the structural adjustment programs of the IMF. These WOULD later lead to the crisis in Latin America, Asia and Russia and plunge millions below the poverty line.
Thanks
Top answer
e. something in the then future seen from a viewpoint in the past).
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- something in the then future seen from a viewpoint in the past).
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It's the past tense of "will", expressing future-in-the-past (i.e. something in the then future seen from a viewpoint in the past).
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MFarooqThese WOULD later lead toLater these were going to lead to
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