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Salford in the late 1960s and 1970s was a place of declining heavy industry, chip shops and butchers who continued to sell tripe in vinegar to a generation that thought rationing was still on. It was not a good place to be called Nigel. My mum once told me she’d chosen the name because it would[SUB]1[/SUB] “stand out”. That certainly worked.
The standard primary school introduction would[SUB]2[/SUB] go something like this: “What’s your name?” “Nigel.” “Oooh, Ni-i-i-i-gel, is it?” A nose would[SUB]3[/SUB] be thrust in the air and I would[SUB]4[/SUB] be forever tarnished as posh – which I definitely wasn’t – or as someone who thought themselves superior. Or they would[SUB]5[/SUB] hit me. For my name. (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/dec/11/nige-name-nigel-farage)
Q: There are five "would"s in the two paragraphs given above. Do they all indicate "future in the past" or do some of them indicate a "habitual action" in the past, which is normally indicated by "used to"?
The standard primary school introduction would[SUB]2[/SUB] go something like this: “What’s your name?” “Nigel.” “Oooh, Ni-i-i-i-gel, is it?” A nose would[SUB]3[/SUB] be thrust in the air and I would[SUB]4[/SUB] be forever tarnished as posh – which I definitely wasn’t – or as someone who thought themselves superior. Or they would[SUB]5[/SUB] hit me. For my name. (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/dec/11/nige-name-nigel-farage)
Q: There are five "would"s in the two paragraphs given above. Do they all indicate "future in the past" or do some of them indicate a "habitual action" in the past, which is normally indicated by "used to"?
