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Everyday grammar – when we would say ‘would’

Everyday grammar – when we would say ‘would’

by Martin Burke | Dec 1, 2020 | Everyday grammar

I was asked recently by one of my students of English if I could tell him what is the most common meaning of the English word ‘would’, since it has more than one translation. Here I have detailed six uses for this sometimes-troublesome little word… 1 – It is...

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