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Hi,Question:Should I use would or will?Sentence:I would / will accept your arrangement for the date on which I go to Japan.Thanks

Clive · Accepted Answer

Hi,

Question:
Should I use would or will? Will.

Sentence:
I would / will accept your arrangement for the date on which I go to Japan.

I'd prefer to say eg The date you have arranged for my trip to Japan is acceptable.

Clive

Uktous · Answer

hi, thanks for your reply.

I think I should provide more background informaton.

My boss wants me to go to Japan for a business meeting.
The date (on which I go) is still planning.
He asked when is the best date for me.

I want to say
Unless the arrangement is very bad, I am/will be very likely to accept it.

However, he is my boss, I must say some polite things

Should I use will or would in my original sentence?

Thanks

BarbaraPA · Answer

If he asked you what date you want to go, then he is not proposing a date, or making any arrangements. He is asking when you want to go.

What is very bad? Whatever it is, just say "Any time except the 14th through the 16th would be fine."
Or why not say directly "I'd prefer to go any time between the 3rd and the 12th"?

If you say something like "I'll accept whatever date you propose, unless it's bad" you aren't giving him enough information. What is bad? He doesn't know that. You're making him say "How about the 15th?" and then you have to say "Oh, no, sorry, that's one of the bad dates."

Short answer: He has asked you when you want to go, so tell him!

Uktous · Answer

Hi,

I have 2 further questions:

1
If I use "will", will it imply some uncertainty?
I write to my boss, so I hope the sentence is polite.

2

My boss know I want to go there in March, so he knows the condition in advance.
If I use "would" without mentioning the condition which he has known in the letter,
it is ok?

Thanks

BarbaraPA · Answer

uktousHi,I have 2 further questions:1If I use "will", will it imply some uncertainty?
No, no, and no! Wasn't that stated clearly above? "Will" does not have uncertainty.

I write to my boss, so I hope the sentence is polite.

2 My boss know I want to go there in March, so he knows the condition in advance.If I use "would" without mentioning the condition which he has known in the letter,it is ok?
There is no point in using the conditional "would" unless you state the condition.

Is there any time in March that is unacceptable for you? If not, then say "Any time in March that you propose is fine."

Uktous · Answer

hi,

can i ask the last question?

My boss has known the condition, so I am not going to mention it in the letter when I use "would".
Is it incorrect to use "would" ?

Thanks

BarbaraPA · Answer

How do you suggest writing it with would?

Uktous · Answer

actually, i am not sure about the difference between would and will .
I think i need to read more explanation about this.
I think, but I am not sure, would can mean be very like to

I saw many senence like:
All members would be elected, instead of some of them being appointed.
The worst case scenario would see cuts totalling £33m during the next year.
It would return 213 million pounds to investors rather than deploy it in a softening market.

Splitting up Britain's banks would not make the industry more competitive.
"This is an enormously competitive market and I am not sure that dividing banks further would give a better outcome," he said.

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