Example 1
Speaker 1: If I really want finer flour, I can simply grind the flour repeatedly with this electric grinding machine, right?
Speaker 2: I have never tried that. That would work.
Example 2
Speaker 1: What if we tried to grind wheat in our blender to make flour? I know it sounds ridiculous since blender is used to make smoothies.
Speaker 2: That probably wouldn't work. or That would work.
Isn't would in example 1 "would" of probability? Aren't "wouldn't" and "would" in example 2 conditional woulds?
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