Is “if”+”would” a context in context?
In conditional sentences if and would don’t go together, I have come across a sentence I am baffled by. In context, although people might
disappear one day our legacy may live on?
What does “if anyone would think” mean? Does this mean that a writer wants someone to find her!?
What is your opinion on GQB & WT/WT categories?
I know that I can die a day, but I still need my legacy to go forward. What would be that legacy?
I think one sentence is much better written by an English speaker.
This is meant to cast a doubt on the likelihood of anyone finding it. “Would” and “would” is a slightly different usage than that found in conditional result clauses. Why do you think no one would ever write a story like “I doubt anyone would think to find it” or “I’m still not sure where it is?” A story like this is more effective than an action like saying “if anyone were to think to look for it”.
Is Max Pleaner right to believe in this sentence grammatically? Does the use of “can” (indicating a definite possibility and present or future potentiality) alongside “would think” (indicating hypotheticality and in this context improbability) is awkward at best?
What would a writer to have written
“My legacy is very easy to find if anyone really thinks to look? “?”
