Sentence Correction

Papgust wrote:--[IMPORTANT]--


"Would" Vs "Will":


"Would" is the past tense of "Will".

(i) If you are talking about predicting or expecting an event that still lies in the future, then you use "WILL".

(ii) If you are talking about a PAST PREDICTION or expectation of an event whose timeframe has ALREADY PASSED, then you use "WOULD".

Papgust wrote:For Hypothetical words (such as "Hope" etc.), words like "would"/"could" should follow them [These words imply < 100%].

Words (such as "will" or "should") should NEVER follow them.

I feel a bit confused about this. Could some expert reply?
thx

Hi,

would is NOT the past tense of will. Would is used in conditionals, e.g. "I would go to Harvard if I were to get an 800 on my GMAT".

Would can be used in different tenses. For example:

I would have gone to Harvard if I had gotten an 800 on my GMAT.

"Will" indicates the future and isn't attached to any particular verb. For example:

I ate, I am eating, I will eat.
I went to school, I am going to school, I will go to school.

simone88 wrote:

Papgust wrote:--[IMPORTANT]--


"Would" Vs "Will":


"Would" is the past tense of "Will".

(i) If you are talking about predicting or expecting an event that still lies in the future, then you use "WILL".

(ii) If you are talking about a PAST PREDICTION or expectation of an event whose timeframe has ALREADY PASSED, then you use "WOULD".

Papgust wrote:For Hypothetical words (such as "Hope" etc.), words like "would"/"could" should follow them [These words imply < 100%].

Words (such as "will" or "should") should NEVER follow them.

I feel a bit confused about this. Could some expert reply?
thx

so, for instance what would you chose between:
"there is a hope that the economy will grow"
and
"there is a hope that the economy would grow"?
and what would you chose among:
"I expexted that the economy would grow, would have grown, will grow, will have grown"?

simone88 wrote:so, for instance what would you chose between:
"there is a hope that the economy will grow"
and
"there is a hope that the economy would grow"?
and what would you chose among:
"I expexted that the economy would grow, would have grown, will grow, will have grown"?

For the first one I'd say "there is hope that the economy will grow". You would only use "would grow" if you're adding a "but" to the end. For example, "I had hoped that the economy would grow, but it shrunk." (Or "I hoped that the economy would grow, but it's shrinking.")

For the second one, I'll go with "none of the above"; instead, I'd say "I expected the economy to grow."

so,
I had expected that the economy would have grown
is wrong?
it feels so strange to me!

simone88 wrote:so,
I had expected that the economy would have grown
is wrong?
it feels so strange to me!

It's not wrong, it's just overly wordy - and the GMAT doesn't like overly wordy sentences.

as well as
I expected that the economy would grow
is not wrong but it is overly wordy. Right?