My question: If I were not to bother showing the sense of completion conveyed by the past perfect--as in sentence d (which isn't essential as shown in the examples above), is the following sentence grammatical? He had refused to go till he saw all the pictures. It is grammatical, but you need to be...

Having found me to be an alcoholic, she did not like me and so spurned my offer. But I would attempt to warm up to her. The "would" has the future-in-the-past meaning here. That is grammatically OK, although this use is normally found in subordinate rather than main clauses. Also, it coul...

Please clarify. Is the following category the place you would put implied conditional? Opinion or hope * I would imagine that they'll buy a new one. * I suppose some people would call it torture. * I would have to agree. * I would expect him to come. * Since you ask me I'd say the blue one is best....

Hi there - I have a new username (I was ACB in the old forum). I can think of the following uses of would : 1. Future in the past ( I knew what would happen ). 2. Past, indicating habit ( When I was young, I would often watch football on Saturdays ). 3. Past, indicating determination ( I tried to di...

Hello. I have just arrived here with a new name (I was formerly ACB in the YourDictionary forum). I am looking forward to participating in this Agora.