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?
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