By Idioms, Clauses

No. The "would" does not indicate futurity. It combines with "love" to form an idiom "would love (to)", which takes place in present time and is a weakened form of "want to". It is the word "tomorrow" which indicates futurity, and it modifies...

Doesn't it bother you that a present perfect tense in an if clause is used with would?Isn't the past usually used with would in that case?It is unusual. The reason it's OK is that would like to (or would love to) is an idiom equivalent to want to (a present tense). So it's likeI...

They certainly seem correct to me. Perhaps it's the idiom happen to that's bothering you.If you happen to have money = If, by chance, it turns out that you have money CJ

Whenever there's a did (or didn't) in the same clause, drop the d of used. The pronunciation remains the same, since the d in the idiom used to is silent anyway. Did he use to be rich?I didn't use to think anyone could do that until I saw it for myself.We didn't realize that...

I would say, no. Perhaps if you looked at it as an algebraic equation, you could say both clauses give the same information. A = C = B is the same equation as B = C = A, where "C" is the idea or substance of what she says and means. But meaning and saying are two different verbs and...

I know 'would' carries many meanings. My problem is sometimes I find it difficult to tell which meaning the speaker uses. I think I understand its hypothetical usage, and in some contexts, its politeness usage. Below is a post that has several woulds I have trouble interpreting. I also...

Mister Micawber wrote:Not really an appropriate use of that idiom, LiJ. I would just cut the last clause-- the statement is clear enough as is. Or use 'on the other hand'. Thanks, Mister. I might have written too many words. Got it!

Not really an appropriate use of that idiom, LiJ. I would just cut the last clause-- the statement is clear enough as is. Or use 'on the other hand'.