would
v.v. to talk about things that are not real or things that you imagine. You also use it to be polite when asking for something or making an offer.
v. Functions as a modal auxiliary to express hypothetical situations, polite requests, or habitual actions in the past. It is followed by the bare infinitive of the main verb.
I would like a cup of tea, please.
If I had enough money, I would travel around the world for a year.
The researchers hypothesized that the subjects would respond more favorably to the visual stimuli if the ambient lighting were adjusted to a warmer spectrum.
From Old English wolde, past tense of willan, predecessor of will. The loss of /l/ in this word is probably due to weak stress, as in should and could (though in the latter, the /l/ was due to the analogy of the former two).
A modal verb that does not change form for person or number; always followed by the base form of the verb without 'to'.
I would to go with youI would go with youModal verbs like 'would' are followed by the bare infinitive, not the full infinitive with 'to'.