Originally Posted By: goofy
Originally Posted By: beck123
What am I missing?


Nothing... "would" has more than one use.


Certainly it does, but in reading the quote at the start of this thread, I didn't see why "would" was considered conditional by one of the respondents. I still believe it does not create a conditional mood in that particular construction.

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