Would/will

The difference is the very same as the one explained to you numerous times in the numerous will vs. would threads you’ve posted in the last eight months or so. You can find them here.

PreciousJonesWhat's the difference?

'will be willing' is much harder to say! For me, anyway.

CalifJim PreciousJonesWhat's the difference?'will be willing' is much harder to say! For me, anyway. I guess that's because I so seldom hear it or say it. The much more usual combination is 'would be willing'. I don't think we say 'will be willing' very much. I don't know why. It seems like that's just the way it is.Maybe 'will be willing' works in some sentences, but I d

CalifJimI guess that's because I so seldom hear it or say it

Hmm. It doesn’t sound all that unusual to me. The COCA’s got 188 hits for the phrase.

PreciousJonesI want to find someone who would be willing to help me produce these products.

Sounds fine to me just the way you wrote it.

I would not change 'would' to 'will' if it were my sentence.

CJ

Aspara GusThe COCA’s got 188 hits for the phrase.

Would you recommend 'will' instead of 'would' in the full sentence presented later?

CJ

CalifJimWould you recommend 'will' instead of 'would' in the full sentence presented later?

No way. (I didn’t see the example until after my second post.)

I was having trouble thinking of examples with 'will be willing'.

Of course it's grammatical, but it sounds like one of those oddities like, "Yes, I do do that" or "What it is is ..." or "I'm going to be going ..."

CJ

CalifJimYes, I do do that.

This one always makes me briefly regress to my adolescent mentality.

I happened to notice (because I looked) that in COCA 'will be willing' examples are only 15% of the total of all examples with either 'will' or 'would' + 'be willing'. At least that makes me feel better saying that 'would be willing' is used more than 'will be willing'.