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How and when do we use "would"?



 
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How and when do we use "would"? #1 (permalink) Tue Jul 12, 2005 19:07 pm   How and when do we use "would"?
 

I want to ask U about use of would, can U please explain me that this sentense is right or wrong.

It would rain in summer very often but now we are are waiting and dry continues

I will appreciate your reply

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Use of would #2 (permalink) Mon Aug 08, 2005 11:45 am   Use of would
 

Amna

Conditional I Simple A: He would speak.
N: He would not speak.
Q: Would he speak?
action that might take place,if sentences type II
(If I were you, I would go home.)


Conditional I Progressive A: He would be speaking.
N: He would not be speaking.
Q: Would he be speaking?

action that might take place
putting emphasis on the course / duration of the action


Conditional II Simple A: He would have spoken.
N: He would not have spoken.
Q: Would he have spoken?
action that might have taken place in the past
if sentences type III (If I had seen that, I would have helped.)


Conditional II Progressive A: He would have been speaking.
N: He would not have been speaking.
Q: Would he have been speaking?
action that might have taken place in the past
puts emphasis on the course / duration of the action


please note the difference & the usage explanation give after set of 3 egs per Type in BOLD ITALICS

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Would #3 (permalink) Mon Aug 08, 2005 12:18 pm   Would
 

Hi Amna,

The use of would in your sentence is not really conditional: It would rain is a literary form in the main as a narrative and not usually in conversation. It has the meaning of used to. It would rain in the summer very often means it often used to rain but nowadays it doesn't happen.

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Would #4 (permalink) Tue Aug 09, 2005 1:45 am   Would
 

Can future go into past?

'Would' is as much past form of 'will', as 'should' is to 'shall.'
Both are not past forms.
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Would #5 (permalink) Tue Aug 09, 2005 1:47 am   Would
 

Very Good.
I would like to say a few words on'would'.
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Use of would #6 (permalink) Tue Aug 09, 2005 14:13 pm   Use of would
 

Alan,
Are my explanations reasonable?

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Would #7 (permalink) Tue Aug 09, 2005 19:30 pm   Would
 

Yes, your comments on would when used as a conditional are all right but the questioner wasn't talking about the conditional. The answer I've given refers as I have explained to the literary use.
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