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Would or Will

The definitions provided were helpful. However, I have an additional question regarding the usage of would or will. Which sentence is correct in responding to the question “Would you recommend this book to others?”

Response: I will recommend this book to others or I would recommend this book to others and why.

Thank you.

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Eleanor

September 15, 2011 • 8:53 am

Brenda,

Both are correct depending on what you are trying to say:

If the question is: “Would you recommend this book to others?” (i.e please can you pass on the message and recommend this to others members of a group) the response would be “I will…”

If however the question is: “Would you recommend this book to others?” (i.e did you like this book and if having a general chat about books at some time in the future would you mention it) the response would be “I would”.

It depends on how certain it is that you are going to do the thing.