...he would be heartbroken"?

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She chastised the two sons for acting in their interests rather than their father's and said "they have used their father's incapacity to try and wrest as much of his assets from him as possible".

She added: "'If he realised what's happening today, he'll be heartbroken."

Should it be "...he would be heartbroken" instead?

Thanks!

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@tanguatlay,

"...he would be heartbroken" is correct.

Realized is in the past tense so as is "would" .

But if it were said this way –

"If he "realises" what's happening today, he'll be heartbroken."

– "will" would be correct.

As in this example:

He said he would go tomorrow.

He says he will go tomorrow.

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@tanguatlay,

tanguatlay wrote:

She chastised the two sons for acting in their interests rather than their father's and said "they have used their father's incapacity to try and wrest as much of his assets from him as possible".

She added: "'If he realised what's happening today, he'll be heartbroken."

Should it be "...he would be heartbroken" instead?

Thanks!

Hightor is correct about that...but the thing that bothers me about the writing is the "...to try and wrest as much..." bit.

It should not be "to try and wrest" it should be "to try to wrest."

That use of "and" in that way is ignorant...although wide-spread.

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