Další správné možnosti: it was to be
another 400 …, it was going to be
another 400 … Jde bud' o (pomyslnou) nepřímou řeč nebo o future
in the past: what will happen in the future as seen from a point in
the past.
Co asi mohl renesanční jasnovidec tehdy předvídat?
Přímá řeč – the renaissance clairvoyant said:
- “It will be (budeme čekat …) another
400 …”; … “It is going to be (budeme
čekat …) another 400 …”; … “it is to be
(máme čekat …) another 400 years before engineers make …”
Nepřímá řeč – the renaissance clairvoyant …
- … forecast/foresaw/predicted/imagined/guessed [that] [“it will be”
->] it would be another 400 years before
engineers made …
- … forecast/foresaw/predicted/imagined/guessed [that] [“it is going
to be” ->] it was going to be another
400 years before engineers made …
- … forecast/foresaw/predicted/imagined/guessed [that] [“it is to
be” ->] it was to be another 400 years before
engineers made …
Viz taky Význam
would v příkladu.