Whoa, hold it there! what sort of time travel is this? None, there are times when we are talking of something that happened in the past context, but had not happened but would have happened.
Confused? Let me clarify with an example
"I said that we would be bringing two bottles of wine, and wanted to know what kind of wines Jeremy would prefer?".
Note that this is in indirect speech, where the person is reporting about the past (the past context) about something that had not happened as yet (the future).
Another example:-
She knew that Robert would be unhappy about that.
However this is also used for typical or habitual situations :-
When October came, big celebrations would be held for the Mid Autumn Festival.
Anne was a loyal friend, she would always stand by you during hard times.
Confused? Let me clarify with an example
"I said that we would be bringing two bottles of wine, and wanted to know what kind of wines Jeremy would prefer?".
Note that this is in indirect speech, where the person is reporting about the past (the past context) about something that had not happened as yet (the future).
Another example:-
She knew that Robert would be unhappy about that.
However this is also used for typical or habitual situations :-
When October came, big celebrations would be held for the Mid Autumn Festival.
Anne was a loyal friend, she would always stand by you during hard times.
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