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A hard Brexit could force up the price of cars by £1,500 and restrict choice to consumers, it has been warned in the wake of the latest analysis by Jaguar Land Rover about the impact of the UK crashing out of the EU.
Jaguar Land Rover, the UK’s biggest car maker, has warned that a “bad” Brexit would hit its profits by £1.2bn a year and put https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/jaguar-land-rover-apos-80bn-223412830.html
Is the underlined would past of will or something else?
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anonymous Is the underlined would past of will or something else? It's not always an either-or situation. warns that a "bad" Brexit will hit its profits (present) warned that a "bad" Brexit would hit its profits (past) 'would' is the past of 'will'.
- anonymous Is the underlined would past of will or something else?
- It's not always an either-or situation.
- warns that a "bad" Brexit will hit its profits (present) warned that a "bad" Brexit would hit its profits (past) 'would' is the past of 'will'.
- a "bad" Brexit would hit its profits (original) if a "bad" Brexit were to occur, it would hit its profits (reworded to show an implicit if -clause) I think you sometimes let yourself be deceived by the idea that there can be only one interpretation of 'would' in a given sentence when in fact several explanations are often possible.
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anonymousIs the underlined would past of will or something else?
It's not always an either-or situation.
warns that a "bad" Brexit will hit its profits (present)
warned that a "bad" Brexit would hit its profits (past)
'would' is the past of 'will'.
a "bad" Brexit would hit its profits (original)
if a "b
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