S49. Feelings after a 6-months program
What people say after 6 months of regular practice in a group.
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Look at these sentences:
What is "would" communicating in each sentence? Can you explain its role in each sentence?
When I give feedback to people on their speaking skills, I see that many language learners use only one or two tenses, and most are really confused by the word "would". It has more than one purpose. To tell stories from the past and communicate your ideas with clarity, you need to know how this word is used.
1. “If cravings were driven solely by the effect of nicotine on the brain, one would expect that both groups would report strong urges after the same number of minutes had elapsed since their last cigarette; the more time passed, the more their brains would chemically crave nicotine.”
2. “Without our species’ perpetual disquietude, we would be much worse off—and possibly extinct.”
3. “I didn’t know whether my husband and I would be together or not, but because the best-case scenario would be that we worked things out, stayed married, and I got a job at his university, we didn’t want anyone at his university to know we might get divorced, since then they would be less likely to offer me a job.”
4. “I would come home, and while I was eating, or while I was reading, or while I was eating and reading at the same time, or while my husband was trying to talk to me, I would be going in this circuit between the living room and the kitchen and the dining room and the living room and the kitchen and the dining room.”
Excerpts From: Nir Eyal. “Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life.”
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What is "would" communicating in each sentence? Can you explain its role in each sentence?
When I give feedback to people on their speaking skills, I see that many language learners use only one or two tenses, and most are really confused by the word "would". It has more than one purpose. To tell stories from the past and communicate your ideas with clarity, you need to know how this word is used.
1. “If cravings were driven solely by the effect of nicotine on the brain, one would expect that both groups would report strong urges after the same number of minutes had elapsed since their last cigarette; the more time passed, the more their brains would chemically crave nicotine.”
2. “Without our species’ perpetual disquietude, we would be much worse off—and possibly extinct.”
3. “I didn’t know whether my husband and I would be together or not, but because the best-case scenario would be that we worked things out, stayed married, and I got a job at his university, we didn’t want anyone at his university to know we might get divorced, since then they would be less likely to offer me a job.”
4. “I would come home, and while I was eating, or while I was reading, or while I was eating and reading at the same time, or while my husband was trying to talk to me, I would be going in this circuit between the living room and the kitchen and the dining room and the living room and the kitchen and the dining room.”
Excerpts From: Nir Eyal. “Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life.”
See exercise #209 in the community with the explanation for each of these sentences + 6 more.
Learn the rule and practice using it. You will find all the tools you need + human feedback in the community.
Become a member.