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What does "would" mean?

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Rebecca

"Would" is used when indicating the consequence of an imagined event or situation. Here he is using it to refer to an intention from the point of view of the past. He is telling us that, at that point in the past, it was his intention to spend the year like this. Ex: He said he would always love her. Ex: They promised that they would help.

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