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What is the difference between Why did he do that? and Why would he do that? ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between Why did he do that? and Why would he do that? ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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3 Dec 2021
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In this context did and Would are technically interchangeable. Both can be used to represent past tense actions but only would could be used to describe something that hasn’t happened yet. For example “ He’s going to set fire to the town.” “ Why would he do that.”
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In this context did and Would are technically interchangeable. Both can be used to represent past tense actions but only would could be used to describe something that hasn’t happened yet. For example “ He’s going to set fire to the town.” “ Why would he do that.”
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He broke my phone. Why did he do that? He wasn't paying attention.
He broke my phone. Why would he do that? He isn't a nice person.
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