If it's some consolation, although Sri Lanka would pay no heed right now, two of the hosts' three new inductees for this game (Dananjaya and Milinda Siriwardana) so nearly contributed to a series-levelling win.
http://m.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/96634/sri-lanka-india-2nd-odi-report-cricket-ms-dhoni-bhuvneshwar-kumar-mastermind-pallekele-miracle
Which meaning of "would" is used here and when do we use this?
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Can be interpreted as implied conditional "would pay no heed if they were told", but the implied conditional is weakish, so you could also say it is just the author's supposition or imagining.
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Can be interpreted as implied conditional "would pay no heed if they were told", but the implied conditional is weakish, so you could also say it is just the author's supposition or imagining.