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Originally Posted by Casiopea Additionally, it's commonly known as habitual "would" and it's near synonymous with used to. I'm not all that convinced it goes well with "so Mum decided to punish them." More context might sway me, though.   |
The use of "habitual" will/would doesn't seem to sit well with CanEng and AmEng speakers.
How do these sit with you?
He would insist on seeing other women, so she left him.
They would go on an on about their new car, so John got up and walked out.