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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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would

A: Do you know anything about him?
B: I think he would be known as the best football player in the country.

Is the use of would correct?
  

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Is the use of would correct? Yes. I assume the writer is expressing probability.

Clive
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CliveIs the use of would correct? Yes. I assume the writer is expressing probability.Clive
would could here mean what I have information about the football players and also I heard some time before that he is the best football player in the country, right? Kinda showing an opinion, right?
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Anonymouswould could here mean what I have information about the football players and also I heard some time before that he is the best football player in the country, right? Kinda showing an opinion, right?
I'll let Clive answer in more detail if he wants, but this seems to me to be a very implausible explanation. I would stick with Clive's first reply as a
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CalifJim Anonymouswould could here mean what I have information about the football players and also I heard some time before that he is the best football player in the country, right? Kinda showing an opinion, right?I'll let Clive answer in more detail if he wants, but this seems to me to be a very implausible explanation. I would stick with Clive's first reply as a much
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It would be unfair of me to try to explain someone else's words. Your interpretation seems correct to me, but Clive should be the judge of that.

CJ
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CalifJimIt would be unfair of me to try to explain someone else's words. Your interpretation seems correct to me, but Clive should be the judge of that.CJ
But he is not replying, Sir. I just need help.
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Your original question was about the use of 'would' in this sentence.

B: I think he would be known as the best football player in the country.


Here's another way to think about it.
The use of the passive 'would be known' without an a

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