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Would used to express habit + short question
When would is used to express habit, and a short reply question is added, which modal verb do you use?
e.g.:
He would spend all day watching tv.
- He would?
Is this correct? I don't know why, but to me it seems wrong.
e.g.:
He would spend all day watching tv.
- He would?
Is this correct? I don't know why, but to me it seems wrong.
Top answer
That is the correct tag, and it sounds perfectly natural to me. Perhaps it seems strange because the form ('would' for habit) is not often used.
- That is the correct tag, and it sounds perfectly natural to me.
- Perhaps it seems strange because the form ('would' for habit) is not often used.
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That is the correct tag, and it sounds perfectly natural to me. Perhaps it seems strange because the form ('would' for habit) is not often used.
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