Difference between revisions of "Would"
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''Would'' is a modal verb. As such, it is invariable, there is no other form of ''would''. Historically it is the past tense of ''will'' and acts as such in reported speech. | ''Would'' is a modal verb. As such, it is invariable, there is no other form of ''would''. Historically it is the past tense of ''will'' and acts as such in reported speech. | ||
| − | ::3:00pm: boss meeting | + | :::<u>3:00pm: boss meeting</u> |
| − | <span style="font-variant:small-caps;font-weight:bold;color:#307;">Barbara</span>: Could you tell Liz that I won't be here for the dinner tonight, my flight is leaving at 8. | + | :<span style="font-variant:small-caps;font-weight:bold;color:#307;">Barbara</span>: Could you tell Liz that I won't be here for the dinner tonight, my flight is leaving at 8. |
| − | <span style="font-variant:small-caps;color:#307;">Melissa</span>: Sure, I am seeing her this afternoon. | + | :<span style="font-variant:small-caps;font-weight:bold;color:#307;">Melissa</span>: Sure, I am seeing her this afternoon. |
| − | ::4:00pm: Melissa runs into Liz at the coffee machine | + | :::<u>4:00pm: Melissa runs into Liz at the coffee machine</u> |
| − | + | :<span style="font-variant:small-caps;font-weight:bold;color:#307;">Melissa</span>: Hi Liz... hey before I forget... Barbara asked me to tell you the she wouldn't be here for the dinner tonight because her flight was leaving at 8. | |
| − | <span style="font-variant:small-caps;color:#307;">Melissa</span>: Hi Liz... hey before I forget... Barbara asked me to tell you the she wouldn't be here for the dinner tonight because her flight was leaving at 8. | + | :<span style="font-variant:small-caps;font-weight:bold;color:#307;">Liz</span>: Wow, you can still get flights out of New York? I hope she makes it back safely. |
| − | <span style="font-variant:small-caps;color:#307;">Liz</span>: Wow, you can still get flights out of New York? I hope she makes it back safely. | ||
Revision as of 18:33, 15 April 2020
Would is a modal verb. As such, it is invariable, there is no other form of would. Historically it is the past tense of will and acts as such in reported speech.
- 3:00pm: boss meeting
- Barbara: Could you tell Liz that I won't be here for the dinner tonight, my flight is leaving at 8.
- Melissa: Sure, I am seeing her this afternoon.
- 4:00pm: Melissa runs into Liz at the coffee machine
- Melissa: Hi Liz... hey before I forget... Barbara asked me to tell you the she wouldn't be here for the dinner tonight because her flight was leaving at 8.
- Liz: Wow, you can still get flights out of New York? I hope she makes it back safely.
