WOULD

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In formal writing pepole use past simple tense.But i have seen many times books and other articles includes sentenceswhich have been made of "would"...I know that "would" is used in conditional clauses.Where as i realy want to know what are the situations where i can use "wolud" and please explain me whats the difference between "would" and "will".Can i use these two terms as the same meaning in formal writting?

what i want to know is this.please help me to find out this,iv beendying to get a answer which i expect,,
here,this is a sentence which i found in my text book.

"Under this method materials in concern WOULD BE stored in two different places in th company's storeroom"

so my question is this is a general fact.this is tru.so cant i use present simple tense?
"Under this method material in concern ARE STORED........"

Richard_s · Accepted Answer

Would has several different uses.

It can be used to make language more polite.
E..g Would you open the door, please? (Would sounds a lot more polite than will)

It can be used to express the future in the past. If I said 'I will kill her' yesterday, this would be reported as I said that I would kill her. Perhaps this is what you mean by confusing will and would.

It can be used to show that somebody or something used to do something.

E.g. He would go hunting everyday. (Here there is little difference with He used to go hunting everyday).

Finally, it is used in conditional sentences as you have described above.

Yoong Liat · Answer

Hi Richard

richard_sE.g. He would go hunting everyday.

'everyday' should be 'every day', I think.

Richard_s · Answer

Good point.

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