Consider this passage from Brian’s Hunt:
The Inuit would put a small piece of feather over the hole and stand with bone harpoon ready and when the seal came into the hole the air pushing ahead of its body would ruffle the feather and the hunter would lunge with the harpoon and bury the barbed head in the back of the seal.
Why do three verb forms in this passage occur with “would”? What does the use of “would” convey here?
Three different verb forms in this passage occur with “would” because “would” is a modal and makes the verbs function in a past that didn’t happened. The use of “would” conveys here because the author is trying to narrate actions that should pass but they didn’t.
Correction:
Three verb forms in this passage occur with “would” because the author is explaining what Inuits do to hunt a seal. The author is using an indirect speech which is a sentence reporting what someone has said or did. Even thought the indirect speech is almost always used in spoken English, the use of “would” conveys here because “will” is reported as would.
The Inuit would put a small piece of feather over the hole and stand with bone harpoon ready and when the seal came into the hole the air pushing ahead of its body would ruffle the feather and the hunter would lunge with the harpoon and bury the barbed head in the back of the seal.
Why do three verb forms in this passage occur with “would”? What does the use of “would” convey here?
Three different verb forms in this passage occur with “would” because “would” is a modal and makes the verbs function in a past that didn’t happened. The use of “would” conveys here because the author is trying to narrate actions that should pass but they didn’t.
Correction:
Three verb forms in this passage occur with “would” because the author is explaining what Inuits do to hunt a seal. The author is using an indirect speech which is a sentence reporting what someone has said or did. Even thought the indirect speech is almost always used in spoken English, the use of “would” conveys here because “will” is reported as would.
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