Anonymous Posted 7 years ago
Grammar
Would think
You would think he would be a nice guy.
here, ‘would think’ is a second conditional? Like you would think he would be a nice guy if somebody talked about him to you.
Am I correct?
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anonymous H ere, is ‘would think’ is a second conditional? Yes, but not explicitly, as you know, because there is no if -clause. In these cases you can usually supply some vacuous if -clause, as you have done.
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anonymousHere, is‘would think’isa second conditional?
Yes, but not explicitly, as you know, because there is no if-clause. In these cases you can usually supply some vacuous if-clause, as you have done. The most vacuous possible if-clause
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