ll in this meaning is not common. In past-time context would is mainly characteristic of literary style.2: Then there were weekends when he would ride over to the house of one farmer or another and spend a couple of nights on the hills. 2: Тоді були вікенди, коли він мав намір поїхати до будинку одного фермера або іншого і провести кілька ночей на пагорбах. p align="justify"> 2) when they express refusal to perform an action.1: Clark, she said softly, I wouldn t change you for the world . (F. Scott Fitzgerald) [p.23]
Translation 1: "Кларк", вона сказала м'яко, я не збираюся змінювати Вас для світу .
This meaning is found in negative sentences; will (would) is followed by the simple infinitive. In Russian it is usually rendered as ніяк не хочу, ні за що не хотів. p align="justify">) when they are used with lifeless things to show hat a thing fails to perform its immediate function, 1: My fountain pen won t (wouldn < span align = "justify"> t) write. 1: Моя улюблена ручка не бажає писати.
In this meaning will (would) is found in negative sentences and is followed by the simple infinitive. In Russian it is usually rendered as ніяк не пише (не писала), ніяк не відкривається (не відчинялися) and the like. p align="justify"> 4) when they are used with the first person to express will, intention or determination, 1: Damn it! he thought, I m going to get out of this hole. I will make money. I am an Englishman and I will suffer no priest to interfere in my business . (B.J. Chute.)
Translation 1: Прокляніте це! він думав, я збираюся вийти з цього отвору. Я збираюся робити гроші. Я - англієць, і я не переношу священика, щоб втрутитися в мій бізнес .
Example 2: I said I would do anything for him. We decided that we wouldn t interfere . 2: Я сказав, що я збираюся зроблю щось для нього. Ми вирішили, що ми не будемо втручатися . Meaning is found in affirmative and negative sentences. The present tense will, in addition to expressing its modal meaning, serves to refer an action to the future; the past tense would is generally used in reported speech and also serves to refer an action to the future but in this case it is viewed from a past moment.use o...
