Would vote vs will vote
The government should say now that they would vote against no deal as that would provide additional reassurance for businesses, public services and families currently struggling to prepare for no deal.
(The Guardian.)
Does should say 'govern' the grammatical tense used in subordinate clauses in the sentence above?
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What I mean is that the finite verbs would vote and would provide refer to the future, although are grammatically expressed in the past tense. Would it be ungrammatical to use "will vote" and "will provide" in that sentence?
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The two cases are slightly different. "would vote against no deal" implies "would vote against no deal if such a vote took place". "will vote" would express more definiteness that such a vote will take place.
- The two cases are slightly different.
- "would vote against no deal" implies "would vote against no deal if such a vote took place".
- "will vote" would express more definiteness that such a vote will take place.
- This "would" has no direct connection with "should".
- "would provide reassurance" implies "would provide reassurance if the government made such a statement".
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The two cases are slightly different.
"would vote against no deal" implies "would vote against no deal if such a vote took place". "will vote" would express more definiteness that such a vote will take place. This "would" has no direct connection with "should".
"would provide reassurance" implies "would provide reassurance if the government made such a statement". This "would" is r
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