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taichiki
20 nov 2015

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  • Inglese (Stati Uniti)
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Qual è la differenza tra The washer wouldn't work this morning. e The washer didn't work this morning. ?Sentiti libero di rispondere con un esempio.

I don't know how would is used in this context.
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cheesesque
20 nov 2015

  • Inglese (Stati Uniti)

The first one sounds more formal but they both mean the same thing.

He wouldn't take it
He didn't take it
- the first sentence sounds like he was rejecting it over and over. The second one sounds like he just rejected it once (because if you don't take something if you are offered a chance then you could be rejecting it) and went on his merry way. In both cases he did not take it, so the meaning is the same but there is undoubtedly a slightly different nuance. I assure you that, if you used both interchangeably, the meaning you wanted to get across would not be lost.

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mattl
20 nov 2015

  • Inglese (Stati Uniti)

"Wouldn't" in this context means "refused to."

"He wouldn't do it" means I asked him and he refused.
When you say it about the washer, it means you tried repeatedly but you could not get it to work.

You could say, "I reinstalled the software, but it still wouldn't open."

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