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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Would vs simple present tense

In India, every male would want to have as big marriage party as possible. Vs. In India, every male wants to have as big marriage party as possible. What the exact difference in meaning?
  

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g. In India, every male would want to have as big a marriage wedding party as possible if they could afford it. In India, every male wants to have as big a marriage party wedding as possible.

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  • In India, every male would want to have as big a marriage wedding party as possible if they could afford it.
  • In India, every male wants to have as big a marriage party wedding as possible.
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e.g.
In India, every male would want to have as big a marriage wedding party as possible if they could afford it.

In India, every male wants to have as big a marriage party wedding as possible.

Consider using a more descriptive adjective instead of "big", e.g. "grand"
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I don't think the sentence is talking about whether they can afford or not. It's more about what they want their wedding party be like. Am I correct?
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AnonymousI don't think the sentence is talking about whether they can afford or not. It's more about what they want their wedding party to be like. Am I correct?
Yes, it is possible that the OP was referring to the size of the wedding party.

In any case, I was just giving an example to demonstrate the difference between "would want" and "wants.
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