The modal verb would


Longman Advanced Learners' grammar says: (p 27/7)



  1. Dad would always help us out financially when we were at university, however difficult it was for him.


Is it correct to use 'would' in this context?


Or should it be:


1b. Dad always helped us out financially when we were at university, however difficult it was for him.




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