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Thu 13 Sep, 2007 07:36 pm
What's the difference in meaning between the following sentences?
It came about that he received a promotion the following summer.
It would come about that he received a promotion the following summer.
I think the first relates to the past while the second relates to what would happen in the past. Does it make sense?
Thanks.
The first is straighforward past tense, while the second is "the future in the past". I think we have discussed this before.
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