A error ID question from the blue book

lotf629
Mon, 02 Jul 2007 23:54:56 +0000

Both posters above are right.

The “tense thing” that you’llsee mentions is called the conditional. It’s used to talk about imaginary or possible situations (instead of real ones).

The use of “would” in the Blue Book sentence suggests that the workers in the sentence aren’t going to get the independence they demand. . . just like by10804 isn’t going to fly away. :)

If you want more information on this, you can check out the following link:

http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verbs-conditional.htm

It’s intended for non-native speakers, but it’s quite clear and comprehensive.