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Dear all,<br><br>
I guess it's not really woodchucker stories Parween had in mind, but
rather examples like :<br><br>
<h3><font size=4 color="#0000FF"><b>If he would have had these kind of
balls in October 2004, he would be president </b></font></h3>(excuse my
French, that's the 1st example a random search returned, and it's even
more interesting with the counterfactual HAVE + PP on top of the
if...would)<br><br>
Parween, it's really things like (I'm just making this one up) : "If
he would come, we would go to the movies" you're interested in, or
am I wrong?<br><br>
Here's another one :<br><br>
<font size=3 color="#0000FF">If he would slip because of his
injury...<br><br>
</font>I don't have enough context for this one, but clearly the
volitional value of WILL/WOULD is excluded. It's true that kind of thing
seems to be cropping up more & more, especially in American English.
I've never done any research into the matter, but it does look like a
trend, and I'd be interested in any quantitative data too!<br><br>
Best,<br><br>
Jean-Charles<br>
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