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would go
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00 Every morning I 01 b 00 go 02 b 00 for a swim in the apartment pool and Kylie Minogue 01 b 00 is 02 b 00 there, swimming up and down next to me. 02 br
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00 Every morning I 01 b 00 went 02 b 00 for a swim in the apartment pool and Kylie Minogue 01 b 00 was 02 b 00 there, swimming up and down next to me. 02 br
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00 My question is, why does the following sentence use 'would' and what changes in meaning does it create? 02 br
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00 Every morning I 01 b 00 go 02 b 00 for a swim in the apartment pool and Kylie Minogue 01 b 00 is 02 b 00 there, swimming up and down next to me. 02 br
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00 Past Tense: 02 br
00 Every morning I 01 b 00 went 02 b 00 for a swim in the apartment pool and Kylie Minogue 01 b 00 was 02 b 00 there, swimming up and down next to me. 02 br
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00 My question is, why does the following sentence use 'would' and what changes in meaning does it create? 02 br
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| 00 Every morning I 01 b 00 would 02 b 00 go for a swim in the apartment pool and Kylie Minogue 01 b 00 would 02 b 00 be there, swimming up and down next to me 02 td | 02 tr
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0 You have several choices to convey the 01 u 00 same 02 u 00 meaning, including 01 i 00 used to 02 i 00 , which you didn't mention: 02 br
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01 i 00 Every morning I [went / would go / used to go] for a swim, and KM [was / would be / used to be] there, swimming next to me. 02 i 02 br
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00 In each case, the meani
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01 i 00 Every morning I [went / would go / used to go] for a swim, and KM [was / would be / used to be] there, swimming next to me. 02 i 02 br
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00 Cool, I never knew 'would go' had the same meaning with 'went' or 'used to go'. I believe this can be generalized to other verbs as well. 02 br
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00 Does 'will go' have the same meaning as 'go' or it emphasizes events in the future? 02 br
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00 Every morning I 01 b 00 go/ will go 02 b 00 for a swim in the apartmen
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00 Cool, I never knew 'would go' had the same meaning with 'went' or 'used to go'. I believe this can be generalized to other verbs as well. 02 br
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00 Does 'will go' have the same meaning as 'go' or it emphasizes events in the future? 02 br
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00 Every morning I 01 b 00 go/ will go 02 b 00 for a swim in the apartmen
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0 Correct! but be carelful, when talking about past habits, you can only use 'would' with 'action' verbs, you can say for example: As a child, i used to love chocolate, but you can't use 'would' instead of 'used to cos 'love' is a stative verb! Same for 'will' when referring to present habits, it's only used with 'action' verbs. 0-
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