I came across this construction that was being said by a native English speaker (AmE):
Usually actually at this point, you don't really know what the Git
repository is going to be so I'm not sure if I would ever know
this question.
Is that a grammatical inaccuracy, or is the "If I would" construction correct in some contexts?
Answer
"I'm not sure if I would ever know this question" is not grammatically correct, but "if I would" is perfectly valid.
Would is a modal auxiliary verb that indicates the likelihood of something; in this case, whether or not the speaker "knows the question." I'm assuming he is referring to the answer to the question; "I'm not sure if I would ever know the answer to this question" is grammatically correct and suggests that the question may be impossible to answer.
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