Timeline for Use of would in english

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Aug 17, 2015 at 20:55	comment	added	Crazy Eyes		I think @user4084 might be confused about the fact that the events in the story took place in the past, but the sentence uses "would" as if to imply that the baby has not disappeared yet. In the context of a story or events that took place in the past, we can use "would" to mean that "it will happen later in the story." In other words, the "present" is what's currently happening in the story, not the actual present in real time.
Jun 18, 2015 at 19:27	history	edited	rogermue		I added a better tag.
Jun 18, 2015 at 8:04	comment	added	user4084		@Demkerng. You were right, prima facie sentence mean the same as you said. But in context is means it is repetation of police foxing.
Jun 18, 2015 at 7:48	answer	added	Vlammuh		timeline score: 1
Jun 18, 2015 at 7:29	comment	added	Maulik V		read... very brutal. And @DamkerngT. is right! :)
Jun 18, 2015 at 7:21	comment	added	Damkerng T.		You can (and should) add what you think in your question. I could've been wrong because I didn't read the whole story (it's too long to read in a few seconds), but I assumed that the story was told in the past tense (aka narrative past), and the tenses used in the story were (or should be, if my assumption is correct) shifted to the past accordingly.
Jun 18, 2015 at 7:14	comment	added	user4084		@ Demkerng I don't thik so
Jun 18, 2015 at 6:49	comment	added	Damkerng T.		It's a normal would as the past of will.
Jun 18, 2015 at 6:14	history	asked	user4084	CC BY-SA 3.0