Content tagged with "willingness"
3 item(s) found.Modals expressing present and future willingness / unwillingness
Will can express insistence/willingness and won't refusal/unwillingness in the present.
Modals expressing past willingness / unwillingness
Would can express insistence/willingness and wouldn't refusal/unwillingness in the past.
I had asked Joe to leave me more space but he would park his car next to mine, so I couldn't get out.
Try as I might, the door wouldn't open.
Couldn't + perfectThe aspect expressing completion. E.g.: He’s finished university. infinitive can also express unwillingness.