Leticia Pröllochs
Hello! Is this sentence here below correct? And if so, which tense? We’d help ourselves
11 Eki 2023 14:23
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It is short for: We would help ourselves and is correct. There are two possible meanings. It could be part of a second conditional idea. (If we were invited to,) we'd help ourselves. It could also be expressing a repeated action in the past. e.g. Growing up, mealtimes in our family were very informal - we'd help ourselves. It's not possible to know which meaning is intended without context.
11 Ekim 2023
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It's in the conditional tense. A "results" clause like this is usually paired with another clause that states a condition: Even if no one else would help us, we'd help ourselves. It could also be a complete sentence if the condition is contained in a question: Q: What would you do if no one would help you? A: We'd help ourselves.
11 Ekim 2023
1
I don't think it is a tense. "Would" is a modal verb. All the modals take an infinitive and they never conjugate. There is no need to refer to a verb pattern that never conjugates as a tense. It makes little sense. If I were forced to call it a tense, I would call it past tense of "will" because, historically speaking, that is how "would" entered the English language. In Old English, the verb order would have been different: "We would ourselves to help", and once upon a time the modals were actual first-class verbs. Another meaning of "we would help ourselves" is as follows. Imagine you are at a banquet where there is a lot of food on the table. If you take your own food, rather than letting someone else put it on your plate for you, that is called "helping yourself".
11 Ekim 2023
I want to learn herman can we practice with each other coz i cant pay for tutor
12 Ekim 2023
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