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Often If I use the word 'angry' I will say "are you angry with me?".What function does 'will' have in cases like the one above? I also hear, when someone is talking about music, "I will listen to almost anything.".Would the meanings be the same without 'will'?Thanks.

Avangi · Accepted Answer

whatchadoinOften If I use the word 'angry' I will say "are you angry with me?".

whatchadoin "I will listen to almost anything."

They're both the same. They're describing "habitual behavior." It resembles a form of "future tense," but that's not really what is is.

You can use the simple present to convey the same meaning. "I listen to almost anything." "I eat almost anything." "I argue with almost anyone." (You can substitute "everything" and "everyone.")
I guess "will" is modal here. He will/would do almost anything to get ahead. (He does almost anything to get ahead.)

You can change the picture a little bit by making it conditional:
If/when you ask me politely, I will do almost anything for you. Does this make "will" a form of future tense?
If you asked me politely, I would do almost anything for you.
If you had asked me politely, I would have done almost anything for you.

Complicated stuff.

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