a) I believe that it will be fine in accepting the offer.
b) I believe that it could be fine in accepting the offer.
c) I believe that it would be fine in accepting the offer.
1) Shall I say :
i) sentence b and c are the same but could and would make the whole expression more formal and polite.
ii) Sentence a is the casual expression compared to b and c
iii) Any difference between sentence b and c in terms of the level of being formal and polite?
Thank you / ju
Hi Ju
As a NES, but not a teacher:
a) I believe that it will be fine in accepting the offer.
This means that you definitely believe that it will be fine.
b) I believe that it could be fine in accepting the offer [but, then again, I could be wrong].
i.e. This tends to suggest that, although you believe it could be fine, you are aware that your belief may possibly be wrong.
c) I believe that it would be fine in accepting the offer [provided that xyz does what you expect them to do].
i.e. This tends to suggest that you believe it would be fine, provided that something else that you have assumed will happen does happen.
I would also have said "to accept" rather than īn accepting".
Hope this helps
R21
Hi Ju
One way of remembering the difference in meanings might be to think of the sentence:
"I would, if I could, but I can't, so I won't"
Hope this helps
R21