Timeline for Hypothetical would/will in past perspective
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| Jul 16, 2015 at 23:56 | answer | added | Sankarane | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jul 16, 2015 at 18:24 | answer | added | AB66 | timeline score: -1 | |
| Jul 16, 2015 at 17:26 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | No, you can't use will instead of would in your context to differentiate between things that did happen in the past and those that didn't. You can only use it to identify things that haven't yet happened at time of reporting (but which probably will, in the fullness of time). | |
| Jul 16, 2015 at 17:25 | comment | added | StoneyB on hiatus | No. Would is employed in both clauses as a simple past representing John's past declaration employing will; "Hypotheticality" did not enter into his utterance. | |
| Jul 16, 2015 at 17:02 | history | asked | Tom | CC BY-SA 3.0 |