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Rotter Posted 18 years ago
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Would have or will have

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01b00The International Cricket Council says it will act to prevent reinstated umpire Darrell Hair from standing in matches involving Pakistan.02b02br
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00 Hair has not officiated in a major match since the infamous Oval Test in 2006, when Pakistan refused to continue after being accused of ball-tampering. 02br
00 ICC general manager Dave Richardson told BBC Radio 5 Live: "We would have to take a sensible approach. 02br
00 "We will probably keep him away from Pakistan matches where we can." 02br
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00One of cricket's most controversial incidents began when Pakistan were penalised five runs and England were allowed to select a different ball in the fourth and final Test of the 2006 Test series. 02br
00Hair, 55, was dropped from the ICC's elite panel following the fiasco at The Oval, and began a racial discrimination claim against cricket's governing body. 02br
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00One of cricket's most controversial incidents began when Pakistan were penalised five runs and England were allowed to select a different ball in the fourth and final Test of the 2006 Test series. 02br
00Hair, 55, was dropped from the ICC's elite panel following the fiasco at The Oval, and began a racial discrimination claim against cricket's governing body. 02br
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01b00My question is on the sentence 'We would have to take a sensible approach'.02b02br
01b00It shold be 'We will have to take a sensible approach'.02b02br
01b00This is some future action so we must write 'we will have to take a sensible approach' 02b02br
01b00To say 'we have to take a sensible action approach' too fine. 02b02br
01b00The following sentence is correct:02b02br
01b00"We will probably keep him away from Pakistan matches where we can."02b02br
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0 Your suggestion of "will" is a good one and may be better than "would"02br 00However, the writer may be implying a conditional situation: 01b 00if02b 00 Hair were allowed to participate, we 01b 00would02b 00 keep him away from Pakistan's matches. 0-

  • 0 Your suggestion of "will" is a good one and may be better than "would"02br 00However, the writer may be implying a conditional situation: 01b 00if02b 00 Hair were allowed to participate, we 01b 00would02b 00 keep him away from Pakistan's matches.
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0 Your suggestion of "will" is a good one and may be better than "would"02br
00However, the writer may be implying a conditional situation: 01b00if02b00 Hair were allowed to participate, we 01b00would02b00 keep him away from Pakistan's matches. 0-
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0>ICC general manager Dave Richardson told BBC Radio 5 Live: "We would have to take a sensible approach."02br
00This is perfect English, don't try to be smarter than the professional editors, you're just losing your time. Instead, learn from them05002br
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00The reason is the following implied conditional: 02br
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0 Marius wrote the following and said it was conditional.02br
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01font00"01b00If02b00 we intervene02font00, we 01b00would02b00 have to take a sensible approach."02br
01font00 [ My knowledge of English in not so good to understand the conditional natu
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0The conditional is given by the 01font00if/should02font00 part in blue. That part is 01b00the condition02b00, irrespective of what tenses you're using in it. 02br
00Plainly speaking, I don't think you understand the meaning of 01b00would 02b00and in what circumstances it should be used. The
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0Thanks Marius.02br
00I wish I knew English like you and CalifJim. 0-

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