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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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A. I met someone who would become my wife. Is this sentence correct with the context we are still married?
B.Everybody witnessed the scene that the guy got shot but nobody would come forward to cooperate with the police.
Both woulds is past of will right?
B.Everybody witnessed the scene that the guy got shot but nobody would come forward to cooperate with the police.
Both woulds is past of will right?
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Anonymous Both woulds is past of will right? Yes. 'Witness the scene that' is wrong.
- Anonymous Both woulds is past of will right?
- Yes.
- 'Witness the scene that' is wrong.
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AnonymousBoth woulds is past of will right?Yes.
'Witness the scene that' is wrong.
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Sentence A is correct regardless of whether you are still married or not.
Both uses of "would" could be construed as the past of "will." Using "will" in sentence B, I would reword it as "...nobody was willing to come forward to cooperate..." It is the past of "will" in that sense, but it isn't really the past of "...nobody will come forward..." because the implication is very strong that
Both uses of "would" could be construed as the past of "will." Using "will" in sentence B, I would reword it as "...nobody was willing to come forward to cooperate..." It is the past of "will" in that sense, but it isn't really the past of "...nobody will come forward..." because the implication is very strong that
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