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Asked on December 22, 2021 in Word choice.
I think she would only do that to you. And you’re not talking hypothetically? How is she going to do me, because she is a girl? “). In “I don’t think she’ll do that to you”, you’re speaking only about the future.
Since the former is hypothetical, the time is not specified. If you were to discuss the present, past, or future with “would”, you would not start off with “would”. The girl is doing a really amazing thing, but it looks like she did it all.
For the latter, it strictly applies to the future. That’s why you can’t use “will” like this in past or present
tenses.
- 268411 views
- 7 answers
- 98448 votes
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Asked on December 22, 2021 in Word choice.
I think she would only do that to you. And you’re not talking hypothetically? How is she going to do me, because she is a girl? “). In “I don’t think she’ll do that to you”, you’re speaking only about the future.
Since the former is hypothetical, the time is not specified. If you were to discuss the present, past, or future with “would”, you would not start off with “would”. The girl is doing a really amazing thing, but it looks like she did it all.
For the latter, it strictly applies to the future. That’s why you can’t use “will” like this in past or present
tenses.
- 268411 views
- 7 answers
- 98448 votes
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Asked on December 21, 2021 in Word choice.
I think she would only do that to you. And you’re not talking hypothetically? How is she going to do me, because she is a girl? “). In “I don’t think she’ll do that to you”, you’re speaking only about the future.
Since the former is hypothetical, the time is not specified. If you were to discuss the present, past, or future with “would”, you would not start off with “would”. The girl is doing a really amazing thing, but it looks like she did it all.
For the latter, it strictly applies to the future. That’s why you can’t use “will” like this in past or present
tenses.
- 268411 views
- 7 answers
- 98448 votes
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Asked on December 21, 2021 in Word choice.
I think she would only do that to you. And you’re not talking hypothetically? How is she going to do me, because she is a girl? “). In “I don’t think she’ll do that to you”, you’re speaking only about the future.
Since the former is hypothetical, the time is not specified. If you were to discuss the present, past, or future with “would”, you would not start off with “would”. The girl is doing a really amazing thing, but it looks like she did it all.
For the latter, it strictly applies to the future. That’s why you can’t use “will” like this in past or present
tenses.
- 268411 views
- 7 answers
- 98448 votes
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Asked on December 20, 2021 in Word choice.
I think she would only do that to you. And you’re not talking hypothetically? How is she going to do me, because she is a girl? “). In “I don’t think she’ll do that to you”, you’re speaking only about the future.
Since the former is hypothetical, the time is not specified. If you were to discuss the present, past, or future with “would”, you would not start off with “would”. The girl is doing a really amazing thing, but it looks like she did it all.
For the latter, it strictly applies to the future. That’s why you can’t use “will” like this in past or present
tenses.
- 268411 views
- 7 answers
- 98448 votes