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What is the meaning of the word “would”? How would you use this?
What is the meaning of would in the following sentences? And for example, that would be Ram calling. (Pages 1-3) …
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yubraj Asked on March 28, 2021 in Grammar.
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Coupling words that express uncertain things with “will”, which indicates likelihood or certainty. The phrase “will” can be found here but does not use the word “will” when they are used or not in the dictionary.
This quotation is taken from Anthony Trollope’s book The Small House at Allington: Yet it seems that she will be …
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Lucian Sava Asked on March 28, 2021 in Grammar.
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