Could you tell me whether following sentences are correct or not? Thanks. == If it rained now, I wouldn't go fishing. If it were raining now, I wouldn't go fishing. If it rain now, I would't go fishing.

Sorry, I took a wrong turning at "belief" + "were" (it seems to be "beliefs" in the original). I would say now that there's an underlying conditional structure in #1: 1. We could not understand...people for whom beliefs of this

A. The future with going to B. The future simple (will) C. The present continuous with a future meaning D. Modal verbs. (I'm assuming we're not listing conditional types, or subordinate clauses.) 1. If you don't stop

There are some sentences I found in understanding and using english grammar (by Azar) on page 419. These sentences is about using tense in a sub clause in a conditional sentence Question 1. Your friend was in the hospital, you didn't know

Yeah, you did it an incorrect way. You've tried to use a first conditional tense, but you forgot about infinitive (to be at this example): if+Present Simple+will+infinitive cheers

I'm not funny. I'm a stickler for the truth. I'm not rebutting you. I just asked what all that "quoting the grammar books" had to do with the question about could in First conditional sentence . As the proof I gave a link to

Please visit these sites for your particular question(s): http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/conditional_special.htm http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/conditional-sentences They should help you. If you have some

Hi Anon. Could we use an if-clause that is in the present tense and the main verb that has the modal verb "could" as part of its verb? Could is a modal verb, not a "part". You can use "could" to represent

Hi English 1b3 I think one of the things that may be getting things confused here is that the so-called first, second and third conditionals are simply the three formats you are most likely to run into when a sentence contains an IF-clause. They

Thanks, as I said, your understanding of the conditionals is stronger than mine, so it's hepful for me to ask you questions. One last question, since I seem to be slightly confused over how conditionals and tenses work together. If