Wouldn't is a contraction of "would not" and denotes a lack of permission or willingness on the part of the subject. Your father didn't want to let you borrow the car, and the landlady didn't want you to have guests.

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Cambridge Dictionary
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WOULDN'T | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
WOULDN'T definition: 1. short form of would not: 2. short form of would not: 3. contraction of would not: . Learn more.
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Longman
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would not | meaning of would not in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English | LDOCE
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishwould notwould nota) used to say that someone refused to do something He wouldn’t give us any money. b) used to say that something did not happen, even though someone was trying to make it happen The door wouldn’t open, no matter how hard she ...
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Grammar.com
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Won’t vs. Wouldn’t
Won’t is the contraction for will not which is used for future tense. Would is the past form of will, and wouldn’t is the negative of would, and used in situations where something may have happened but did not happen in real.
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Dictionary.com
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WOULDN'T Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com
WOULDN'T definition: contraction of would not: See examples of wouldn't used in a sentence.
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Reddit
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r/ENGLISH on Reddit: Why ‘wouldn’t’ and not ‘didn’t’?
May 14, 2024 - He "wouldn't" means "he refuses" to listen, whereas he "didn't" means he did not do it at this time.
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Reddit
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r/grammar on Reddit: Why "would it not?" and not "would not it?"
September 10, 2019 -

If it's right to say "wouldn't it?" Then why isn't it right to say "would not it?"

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TL,DR: Wouldn't is just a negated inflection (form) of would, not a contraction of would not. So when we write Wouldn't?, the wouldn't cannot be "un-contracted" to would not. The technical stuff: (a) Wouldn't it be fun to go hiking? (ok) (b) Would it not be fun to go hiking? (ok, though very formal, perhaps stuffy sounding) (c) *Would not it be fun to go hiking? (not ok) Arnold Zwicky and Geoffrey Pullum, two prominent linguists, argue convincingly that -n't is not a shortened version of not — rather, it's an inflectional affix. The affix part of that should be obvious: think prefixes and suffixes. As for inflectional: think of the different forms of verbs (jumped/jumped), nouns (student/students), adjectives (big/bigger/biggest), and so on. We form many of those inflections by adding affixes (-s, -ed, -er, etc.). So think of wouldn't as an inflectional form of would — that is, a different form of would, just as jumped is a different form of jump. And just as jumped expresses something different that jump (usually past time), wouldn't expresses something different than would (negation). Wouldn't it be fun to go hiking? is an interrogative. Interrogatives often feature subject-verb auxiliary inversion. As the name implies, the subject and the auxiliary verb switch places when we form some questions. Since wouldn't is an inflection of would, it participates in that subject-auxiliary inversion just as readily as would does.
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You can say “Would not it.” Such as “Would not it be better to go to the store first than to go to the zoo?” I at least use it in speech and writing. Albeit, I could be wrong, and it is just my idiolect. Edit: I think it is a matter of preference. I can’t think of any reason why it would be wrong in English, though I am open to hearing otherwise.
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TheFreeDictionary.com
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I wouldn't - definition of I wouldn't by The Free Dictionary
When would not is used to talk about something that happened in the past, it means that someone refused to do something.
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Quora
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What is the difference between 'wouldn't' and 'don't'? - Quora
Answer (1 of 7): At their cores, don’t refers to something going on right now, a belief you have now, a warning for right now, behavior taking place right now. 1. I don’t want to try that, and I don’t want you to try it either. (A wish for something right now).
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HiNative
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What is the meaning of "Would not"? - Question about English (UK) | HiNative
March 13, 2019 - From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English would nota) used to say that someone refused to do something He wouldn't give us any money. b) used to say that something did not happen, even though someone was trying to make it happen The door ...
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"Won't" is the short form of "will not". 'Wouldn't" is the short form of "would not" and would is the past form of will.

Won't and wouldn't are very common and informal in use, whereas will not and would not are usually formal.

Won't = will not is used when you are certain/have planned for something that is not going to take place in the future, for example he won't go to London, I won't lend you any more money, the door won't open, etc.

wouldn't = would not is used when we talk in the past about something in the negative about future, for example, he said he wouldn't lend me any money, I promised I wouldn't smoke any more, I assured my mother I wouldn't waste my time, etc.

Won't and wouldn't are also used in question tags.

As for the sentences in question, the correct sentence is "I hoped you wouldn't mind when I told you the truth".

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If the verb in the first part is in the past tense then the second part should have 'would' and not 'will'. For example

  1. He said he would come. (Not will because the verb 'say' is in the past tense)

  2. If he didnt want to come then why did he say that he would (come) ? (here even the verb say is not in the past tense, however, there is 'did' which makes the verb from the past tense)

So your second sentence (I hoped you wouldn't mind when I told you the truth) is correct and the first one is grammatically incorrect.

more examples -

If i get the time, i will stop by at your place.

If i had got the time, i would have stopped by at your place.

If you had asked me nicely, i would have come with you.

If you ask me nicely, i will / would come with you.

See this one

What will you do with so much money ? - (You put 'will' here because you know that person to whom you are asking has got that kind of money.

would is often used as past tense of will (that sounds a bit ironic as in past tense of future)

Suppose you are asking a person about a future possibility then you frame your question using 'would'

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If you win one million dollars worth of a lottery, then what would you do with so much money? (here 'will' is not possible because the he hasn't yet got that money)

Would is used in many different ways which makes it an altogether a seperate lesson to be learnt.

But for now i hope this answer is sufficient.

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Reverso
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WOULDN'T - Definition & Meaning - Reverso English Dictionary
wouldn't definition: make polite negative requests or offers. Check meanings, examples, usage tips, pronunciation, domains, and related words. Discover expressions like "wouldn't mind", "wouldn't dare", "don't do anything I wouldn't do".
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Quora
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What is the difference between 'would not' and 'need not'? When we want to express 'something is a real possibility but one that can be prevented,' which of the above should I choose? - Quora
Answer (1 of 6): The phrase “need not” (or the contracted form, “needn’t”) is used to express the idea of something that doesn’t have to happen. Some might find it a bit stuffy or old-fashioned for use in casual conversation today, although it’s still entirely correct.
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Wiktionary
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wouldn't - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Contraction of would +‎ not, equivalent to would +‎ -n't.