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can anyone explain why usage of would in this sentence is correct.( because there is not any hypothetical or uncertain situation here .) ???
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can anyone explain why usage of would in this sentence is correct.( because there is not any hypothetical or uncertain situation here .) ???
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Hello kakakakaak,

We hope this finds you well.

To answer your query, "would + base form of verb ("become" in this sentence)" is used to refer to a past action from a point in time further in the past; for example, "When I left, I did not realize I would be late."

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in A] isn't this a rule that if ' comma ing ' is preceded by a noun and not a clause then still it is fine and it modifies the clause


in B] how should I imagine this 'would' construction
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in A] isn't this a rule that if ' comma ing ' is preceded by a noun and not a clause then still it is fine and it modifies the clause


in B] how should I imagine this 'would' construction
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Hello himanshu0123,

We hope this finds you well.

To answer your query, here "would" is a helping verb that forms a part of the simple future tense construction "would...become".

Further, in Option A, the phrase "later becoming the famous novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin" can refer to the noun "magazine series", but it can also refer to the following clause; Option C resolves this ambiguity through its use of the "comma + which" construction.

We hope this helps.
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