Thursday, June 21, 2007

assignment#10C

The Inuit would put a small piece of feather over the hole and stand with bone harpoon ready and when the seal came into the hole the air pushing ahead of its body would ruffle the feather and the hunter would lunge with the harpoon and bury the barber head in the seal.

Q: why do three different verb forms in this passage occur with “would”? What does the use of “would” convey here?

All assistance that contribute to revising this answer is greatly appreciate.

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