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Jigneshbharati Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Would be easier

Trump says he thought being president would be easier
I read the above headline in the Time of India.
What is the grammatical form and meaning of "would" and "easier"?
Can we replace "easier" with "easy" without changing the intended meaning?

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'would' is a modal. It expresses the idea of future in the past. " But now, after becoming president, he realizes that it's not as easy as he thought-- he expected something easier.

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  • 'would' is a modal.
  • It expresses the idea of future in the past.
  • " But now, after becoming president, he realizes that it's not as easy as he thought-- he expected something easier.
  • If you use 'easy', it means that it is hard now-- he expected something easy, but it is not easy.
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'would' is a modal. It expresses the idea of future in the past.

Let's see what went in Trump's mind before becoming president: "Being president will be easy."

But now, after becoming president, he realizes that it's not as easy as he thought-- he expected something easier.

If you use 'easy', it means that it is hard now-- he expected something easy, but it is not easy.

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