Timeline for Use of 'would' in place of the past simple
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| Nov 19, 2014 at 20:17 | answer | added | Shoe | timeline score: 4 | |
| Oct 20, 2014 at 20:28 | comment | added | Calphool | I'm not sure that they're exactly the same meaning. In fact, I don't think they are. "would reach Edinburgh" suggests that you don't know whether they reached it or not, but you expect that they should. When you say "they reached Edinburgh", there's no question. So, while the difference is subtle, there is a difference. | |
| Oct 20, 2014 at 18:46 | history | edited | Hellion | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 20, 2014 at 18:20 | history | edited | tchrist♦ |
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| Oct 20, 2014 at 18:12 | comment | added | Kaptan Singh | It is on page 32 from English Grammar in Use: A Self-study Reference and Practice Book for Advanced Learners of English by Martin Hewings. The unit is about the future seen from the past. | |
| Oct 20, 2014 at 16:10 | answer | added | DavidR | timeline score: 0 | |
| Oct 20, 2014 at 15:11 | comment | added | Hellion | What section of the grammar book is this from? What are they trying to teach in that section? Can you give us the name of the book, and possibly the page number where you found this? | |
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| Oct 20, 2014 at 14:06 | history | asked | Kaptan Singh | CC BY-SA 3.0 |