What is the difference between these two sentences:
If you do this exercise badly, that would be a violation.
Versus:
If you do this exercise badly, it is a violation.
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I can't understand the context of the sentence. What exercise? A violation of what?– Jack O'FlahertyCommented Jul 7, 2020 at 10:16
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It’s a violation as if it were a contest in which you need to perform exercises in good form.– John DoeCommented Jul 7, 2020 at 14:20
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It’s a difference in tense.
Doing this is a violation.
Here we’re simply stating the “rules” (present tense). In some context, doing something is a violation (against the “rules”).
Doing this would be a violation.
Here we paint a hypothetical picture of the thing having already been done, and state that it would be/would have been a violation (past tense).
