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Abil Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

would not listen to me

I asked him not to climb up the tree. He would not listen to me and fell down breaking his right hand.

I could have put "did" instead of "would". My question is: is the placement of "would" grammatically correct?
  

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Abil is the placement of "would" grammatically correct? Yes. The placement of would is correct.

— CalifJim

  • Abil is the placement of "would" grammatically correct?
  • Yes.
  • The placement of would is correct.
  • By the way, this is the would not of refusal.
  • would not listen means refused to listen .
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Abilis the placement of "would" grammatically correct?
Yes. The placement of would is correct.
By the way, this is the would not of refusal. would not listen means refused to listen.
CJ
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>I could have put "did" instead of "would".
No. See CJ's answer.
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Marius Hancu>I could have put "did" instead of "would".

No. See CJ's answer.


I wish to differ in the above opinion.

I asked him not to climb up the tree. He did not listen to me and fell down breaking his right hand. These sentences are all right. The only difference is that here no reason is given for his not listening while
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He did not listen to me [the emphasis is on the action/result
is of course OK, but it's different in meaning from:
He would not listen to me [the emphasis is on his will
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Thanks CJ, MH, and 26TMNTJG2PG.

I did not know that "Would not" mean to refuse in such contexts.
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AbilI did not know that "Would not" meant "to refuse" in such contexts.
"will not" or "won't" has the same properties, except that it's present tense.
The police have the house surrounded, but still the thief won't surrender. (The thief refu
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CJ, thanks for correcting my mistakes. What about the following sentence?

Even if the police have the house surrounded, the rebels will not give themselves up.
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The police have the house surrounded, but still the thief won't surrender.

CJ, does one really need but here?
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>Even if the police have the house surrounded, the rebels will not give themselves up.
Even though the police have the house surrounded, the rebels will not give themselves up.
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Marius Hancu,

Is there any difference between "even if" and "even though"? Why "even if" is wrong in this sentence? (Even if the police have the house surrounded, the rebels will not give themselves up.)
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