Timeline for Would be or will be
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| Oct 10, 2019 at 8:52 | comment | added | Edwin Buck | @lollel123 Ah the Mayor's daughter. There is a stereotype that children of privilege are snobs. So the condition is "if one is a mayor's daughter" which she is. One might think there's no condition, because the condition and the fact she meets it were presented both together. The key here is the tense of the sentence. It is written as a condition, not a statement. So even though it's a condition with a lot of words directing you how to think, it is NOT a statement that confirms the mayor's daughter is a snob. It's still a condition, just loaded with evidence it may be met. | |
| Oct 10, 2019 at 8:52 | comment | added | ikigai20 | Thanks. Can you answer my second question? Also people say "It would be this" instead of "It is". Why? | |
| Oct 10, 2019 at 8:45 | comment | added | Edwin Buck | @lollel123 In the title of the video, "would" is used because there are no 2nd person games. So the title is basically "if a 2nd person game existed, then this is what we expect it to look like." (of course, then they don't show what they promise right away). Are they right? We'll have to wait until there is such a game released. | |
| Oct 10, 2019 at 8:35 | comment | added | ikigai20 | Also "Being the mayor's daughter, you would expect her to be a snob" | |
| Oct 10, 2019 at 8:35 | comment | added | ikigai20 | Thank you. In this youtube video, why is would used? youtu.be/mC8QoRa8y_Q | |
| Oct 10, 2019 at 8:31 | comment | added | Edwin Buck | @lollel123 Would, by itself, is just a statement tied to a condition. If the condition is likely, "would" still works. If the condition is unlikely, it's just because you're choosing unlikely conditions. "I would eat a sandwich, if you made it" is an example of "would" where the likelihood is high. Yes, it is based on a condition in the future, so it is hypothetical, but it's the kind of hypothetical that's very likely to happen (If I made the statement, it should happen). If a vegetarian made the statement, it might happen. If someone else made the statement, it could happen. | |
| Oct 10, 2019 at 8:10 | comment | added | ikigai20 | Thanks. Would is supposed to be unlikely hypothetical situation but why is it not? Literally everybody wish English to be easy. | |
| Oct 10, 2019 at 8:07 | comment | added | Edwin Buck | @lollel123 The negative makes it a complicated sentence to reason about; perhaps I chose "easy" incorrectly. The condition could easily be "if I had a wish". But if one had a wish, then the context of the sentence implies the wish would be it is easy. | |
| Oct 10, 2019 at 7:48 | comment | added | ikigai20 | Why is "easy" the condition? | |
| Oct 10, 2019 at 7:44 | history | answered | Edwin Buck | CC BY-SA 4.0 |