Questions tagged [conditional-constructions]
For questions about constructions which associate a hypothetical or imagined 'condition' with a 'consequence' which is inferred to be true if the 'condition' is true OR predicted to occur if the 'condition' occurs. "If John arrives tonight we will have a party."
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"I would say" VS "I would have said" (in the context of giving one's opinion about something)
On TV, a woman who has spent years to make herself look like a Barbie doll is telling about her story, how and why she has been doing it. It turns out that she actually had painful days years ago, ...
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If and time clauses
We are sometimes allowed to use "will" in if-clauses. For instance when "will" expresses willingness to do something
If you will give me that, I will be happy = If you are willing ...
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"it would be" in reference to something that someone else did or does
I find conditionals quite difficult to understand in English. That's why sometimes, here or elsewhere, I quote conditional sentences written by native speakers and ask questions about them to ...
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Mix conditional sentences type 1 and 2
Context: This is a conversation between me and my American friend:
A: We had a great workshop yesterday. Will you join us for next Sunday
at 2pm?
Me: I will try
A: If you can help me understand the ...
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They would/will have been married forty years come this June
They would have been married forty years come this June.
'would have pp' means past,but 'come this June' implies future.
What's the meaning of the example sentence and what about 'will' insteand of '...
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Is this an example of first conditional?
Is this an example of first conditional?
Can we use your father's vacation house if he's not staying there?
If not so, can someone please explain about this example?
Thanks.
The question was in an ...
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If you said you ate on top of the tower, it seems as though [closed]
https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/on-top-of-vs-on-the-top-of.2180289/
In post #3, in the above thread, they say:
If you said you ate on top of the tower, it seems as though you sat literally on ...
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What type of conditional clause is this?
https://www.scribbr.co.uk/verb/conditional-sentence/
If you think we are returning to those policies, then that is not going to happen.
Using the resource above, I cannot compare my example:
then that ...
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Conditional sentences and usages
If I were born in 1984 my name would have been thamilay.
If I were born in 1984 my name would be thamilay now.
Which sentence is wrong.
Correct me!
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Should it be "....could marry..." or "....could have married...? --- If you didn't like me when you met me, how the hell could you marry me?
Imagine a husband says to his wife -after years of marriage- that he didn't like her all along ever since when they first met. So, the wife gets shocked and wants to ask how he married her. So, the ...
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Would with if clause?
I would take this medicine if it would cure my illness .
I would take this medicine if it cured my illness.
I think both are correct but do they have the same meaning ? I think the most idiomatic is ...
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The difference between zero conditional and first conditional
Here I have an explanation on the difference between zero conditional and second conditional:
I can't grasp the difference between to examples above:
This one is given as the example of zero ...
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"you wouldn't want to invite someone that you knew wouldn't want to come."
If you were having a party, you wouldn't want to invite someone that you knew wouldn't want to come.
Is this sentence 'that you knew wouldn't want to come.' also hypothetical OR does it refer to the ...
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I would listen to your mother
Consider the following, please:
A: Exams are soon, so my mother didn't allow me to go to my friend's birthday party yesterday. But I didn't listen to her and went to the party. Was it wrong of me to ...
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CNN: "Had he lived, he would be 95 years old this year." | Why is it "....would be...." instead of "....would have been..."?
"Had he lived, Martin Luther King Jr. would be 95 years old this year." CNN-Martin's question remains unaswered
This sentence seems to start with Conditional Type 3 structure, but it does ...
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