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During my study abroad, I would eat local foods and go traveling.
This sentence has neither a main clause nor a subordinate clause, but just only one clause. So it is not a hypothesis. Is it talking about something in the past or in the future? Under what circumstances, we say "We would" instead of "we did" or "We shall do" Thanks for comments.
This sentence has neither a main clause nor a subordinate clause, but just only one clause. So it is not a hypothesis. Is it talking about something in the past or in the future? Under what circumstances, we say "We would" instead of "we did" or "We shall do" Thanks for comments.
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healer Is it talking about something in the past or in the future? 'would' is used for past habits. It's equivalent to 'used to'.
- healer Is it talking about something in the past or in the future?
- 'would' is used for past habits.
- It's equivalent to 'used to'.
- When we were young, our parents [would / used to] take us to live at our cottage on the lake for two weeks every summer.
- When Jack was not so worried about gaining weight, he [would / used to] have as many as five hamburgers in a single day.
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healerIs it talking about something in the past or in the future?
'would' is used for past habits. It's equivalent to 'used to'.
When we were young, our parents [would / used to] take us to live at our cottage on the lake for two weeks every summer.
When Jack was not so worried about gaining weight, he [would / used to] have as many as
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healerDuring my study abroad, I would eat local foods and go traveling.This sentence has neither a main clause nor a subordinate clause, but just only one clause.
The sentence has two main clauses:
During my study abroad, I would eat local foods and [during my study abroad, I would] go traveling.
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