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Sep 2024
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746 - Using Would

Michael DiGiacomo Happy English
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Would you like to learn something interesting today? I knew you would say yes! It would seem that you're pretty interested in improving your English. Well, I would love to help. 

According to the dictionary, would is the past tense of will, which is the future, but talking about the future in the past is just one part of today’s podcast English lesson, where we’re gonna look at ten different ways we use would, in everyday English.

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