--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anony_sleuth_ff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > I would agree. > > You "would". ? > > "would" is the present conditional. It implies an "if". > > You would agree IF [what]?
"If you asked me whether I agreed" is what that construction implies, I suspect. That's how I use it, at any rate. > > Don't worry. I am just having fun with language. I say, "I would > agree" sometimes too. I am really commenting on my own foibles. > > I think in the recess of my mind "I would agree" is shorthand implied > "I would tend to agree." It gives some wiggle room I suppose. > > But simple declarative statements are a good thing, my mind says. > > "I agree." it answered. > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
