On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:20:52 +0100 Amethyst Deceiver <***@lindsayendell.co.uk> wrote:
} In article <***@4ax.com>,
} ***@atatatat.com says...
}>
}> On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:49:50 -0700, Bob Cunningham posted:
}>
}> >On Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:06:53 -0600, Oleg Lego
}> ><***@atatatat.com> said:
}> >
}> >>
}> >> On Fri, 25 Apr 2008 03:44:51 -0700 (PDT), A.E lover posted:
}> >>
}> >> >Thank you guys for the useful answers.
}> >> >
}> >> >Regarding the second answer: "any day next week would be fine". I am
}> >> >wondering why it can be "would" here. should it to be "will"?
}> >>
}> >> I would use either one, with no reason for choosing either. I would
}> >> usually say "would" in this case, though I don't know why.
}> >
}> >I see a clear distinction. "Any day next week would be
}> >fine" implies a tentative arrangement, a meeting whose
}> >occurrence is still in doubt, while "Any day next week will
}> >be fine" implies a meeting that has been firmly agreed upon,
}> >with only the time to be fixed.
}>
}> I don't recognize any distinction between them. None at all.
}
} I'm with you here. I'd be more likely to use "will" than "would" but
} either would be unremarkable.
I recognize the same distinction that Mr. Cunningham sees, and I'd see the
"will" version as ever-so-slightly presumptuous.
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