keannu
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Maybe this "would" in this example means future certainty from the past, Is it correct?
ex)...McAfee, a company producing its own spam-filtering technology, said that spam filtering would save 135 terawatt-hours of electricity per year, which is equivalent to taking 13 million cars off the road...
But how do you tell future presumption from future certainty in the past like ex1 and ex2?
ex1) think she would come to the party =>(backshifted to the past) I thought she would come to the party.(presumption)
ex2)I think she will come to the party =>(backshifted to the past) I thought she would come to the party.(certainty)
ex)...McAfee, a company producing its own spam-filtering technology, said that spam filtering would save 135 terawatt-hours of electricity per year, which is equivalent to taking 13 million cars off the road...
But how do you tell future presumption from future certainty in the past like ex1 and ex2?
ex1) think she would come to the party =>(backshifted to the past) I thought she would come to the party.(presumption)
ex2)I think she will come to the party =>(backshifted to the past) I thought she would come to the party.(certainty)
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