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Question

Can anyone kindly tell me the differences of the following sentences?

1, I think this is a good idea.
2, I think this will be a good idea.
3, I think this would be a good idea.

Okay, I know what tense they are in. What I can't understand is that in what situation they can be used.

Answer 1

1, I think this is a good idea.

This is by far the most usable sentence. You do think the idea is good as things are now.

2, I think this will be a good idea.

You need a "when" or "after" (etc) clause for this to really make sense. I think this will be a good idea when we have solved some other problem which we will certainly solve. It sounds odd though, because the idea itself must already be good.

3, I think this would be a good idea.

Here you need an "if" or "except" clause for this to make sense. I think this would be a good idea if we had enough money, or I think this would be a good idea except that we'd end up in jail. So really, this isn't that good of an idea!


Also, the third one is NOT in the future progressive tense--that would be "this will be being a good idea" (which sounds very bad); it's the second conditional.

Answer 2

1 present tense
2 future tense
3 third is in the future progressive tense

Answer 3

1.- same as " In this moment I'm sure that's a good idea"
2.- same as " I think that it will be necessary to do that in future and this idea is a good one for us".
3.- same as "I think that in case of (or if) it will be necessary to do that in future this could be a good idea for us"

Is it clear with you now ???

Answer 4

first one is in the present
second one is in the future tense
third is in the future progressive tense

Answer 5

1 present tense
2 future tense
3 subjective (could be followed by a clause starting with "if")

Answer 6

1) at the moment
2) for sure
3) possibility

Answer 7

if you tell us what your mother tongue language is someone might be able to give you a translation and you would understand it better