Verb /would

Verb /would
Message from mrenglish2015 posted on 06-02-2015 at 20:57:04 (D | E | F)
Hello,

can Could you help me please with these sentences?
Sally : i think you would live in paris .
Emma : would you , sally ? i think i would live in london .
i what I would like to know what 'would you, Sally ?' means.
Thank you for any reply.

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Edited by lucile83 on 06-02-2015 21:31

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Re: Verb /would from carlabice47, posted on 07-02-2015 at 09:28:52 (D | E)
Hello,
In my opinion the sentence is not correct . I'd say :You would like to live in Paris . As WOULD is only a modal which, followed by a bare infinitive, expresses a conditional sentence.
To want, on the contrary, is a not a modal . I'd ( would) want to live in Paris is also correct-
Would + bare infinitive, can also express, a future in the past. " She said she would go to Paris the next week", which does not seem the case here.
Hope this helps.
Bye
carlabice 47

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Edited by lucile83 on 07-02-2015 09:40

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Re: Verb /would from carlabice47, posted on 07-02-2015 at 09:32:17 (D | E)
Hello,
I forgot to tell you that "would you" sounds like " really" ? It's a tag used not to repeat the whole sentence, but, again, as the sentence before is not correct, in this case it means nothing.

Hope that Lucile will agree.
Bye bye cb47

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Edited by lucile83 on 07-02-2015 09:41

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Re: Verb /would from lucile83, posted on 07-02-2015 at 09:48:11 (D | E)
Hello,
I have modified your sentences to make them correct and understandable
Sally : I think I would like to live in Paris .
Emma : Would you , Sally ? I think I would prefer to live in London .

'Would you?' here means 'really?' as carlabice said.

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