Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Vadim Cherny" <VadimCherny AT mail.ru>]

> > > You lecture me on the etymology of my language?
> >
> > Yep. Let me remind you that recently you rejected usage of "would" for 
> > future, and I provided you several examples of just such use, e.g., in 
> > polite or uncertain speech.
>
> And I told you that these are not examples of future - although I agree 
> that "would" is used as a past form of "will" in reported speech about the 
> future.

"in reported speech about future". That sounds like a future tense to me.

"Would" is used instead of "will" to indicate extra politeness and less than 
certainty, isn't it?

Vadim Cherny