My dad let the bike go without telling me. My dad would let the bike go without telling me. What is difference between two sentences? Why 'would' is inserted in this sentence? what 'would' mean in this sentence? 'would' is somewhat difficult word to me(non-native) That is past form of ...

I will start with the example I know to make it clear. In a TV show this conversation happened: Guy1: This car is crap. I'll buy it for next to nothing? Guy2: How next to? I guess the fans of this show will figure out what it is :). Anyway, what does "for next to something" mean? An...

Yes, 'would' tends to confuse many people. In the above sentence, an event is being reported to somebody as an extract from the subject's past. While reporting the event in a particular timeline, the listener tends to understand it as if happened just now (For his better of the event, based on vi...

From "The Collected Ernie Kurtz" (2008), page 120: This is why I am so interested in the biographies of those early people: I want to understand what is it that allows non'alcoholics to understand alkies. Why is it "what is it" and not "what it is"? According to the so-called "Penthouse ...

Suppose I've written some code and added a feature which now allows our application to support some Apple device (I've made it all up just to provide some context). Now I'm writing a concise report for what I've done. How would I write the phrase? Added basic Apple support ... Added a basic App...

I want to say that women's freedom is because of us.we,men, have given all those liberty that they have in today's time.earlier we used to keep them from freedom.we ,men, are the ones who will bring them back to thier level,if neccessary.we tell them what to do or what not to do.