A4. The future in the past: when we talk about the future from a time in the past we use:
a. ‘would’ as the past tense of will. (e.g. He thought he would buy one the next day.)
b. ‘was/were going to’ (e.g. John was going to drive and Mary was going to follow on her bicycle.)
c. the Past Continuous (e.g. It was September. Mary was starting school the next week.)
Idiom 365
Devil's Advocate: someone who pretends in an argument without believing in that particular side of the argument. (Opposite of the God's Advocate)
Example: Just to Play Devil’s Advocate, Why Didn’t Clinton Address Charges About Attacking Women?