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3. If you go only once a year, loft storage would be quite suitable. (Doesn't this one sound better? I mean if you use 'will' instead of 'would' it makes it sound limited to one choice. ) http://www.quepublishing.com/articles/article.asp?p=371493&seqNum=2 For eg.: 4. If your garage is very...

Hello Jack Tomorrow we're going to see a new house. 1). It would be nice if the house has a pool. 2). It would be nice if the house had a pool. Is it better to use the mixed conditional #1? If the choice is limited into the two, I will choose #2. My prescriptivistic brain tells to...

Are these correct? If not, why? 1. That would be nice if the house that you're looking at tommorow has that. 2. That would be nice if the house that you're looking at tommorow had that. (This is one of the standard conditionals right? But it sounds awkward with 'had', when I use it. it makes...

Hello Jack I'm assuming there's meant to be a 'to' before 'pay' in #1 and #2: 1. If the car breaks down on you, you would have to pay for the repair, if you didn't buy the warranty. You can make this clearer by re-ordering it: 'If you didn't buy the warranty, you would have to pay for...

Like on exams, it is better to use the standards? Hello Jack I would say that the mixed conditionals you've used as examples are incorrect. If I found them in text I was editing or revising, for instance, I would silently change them to the 'corrected' versions, as given above. I wouldn't...

The difference reflects the focus of the speaker. See the thread, "Mixed Conditionals" for a more in depth analysis.

I have seen the mixed conditionals all the time on time, so strictly speaking, it is not correct right? Like on exams, it is better to use the standards? They are perfectly correct, Jack. Test situations are not able to set out as full a context as is necessary to make these types of...

Thanks MrPedantic and just the truth, you guys have been very helpful. I have seen the mixed conditionals all the time on time, so strictly speaking, it is not correct right? Like on exams, it is better to use the standards?

1. I could have made half a grand if they had got it in stock. (Why do I need 'had had got'? #2 is correct?) ** IMPORTANT, PLEASE READ ** {JJT's responses marked off by ++ ... ++} ** ++ Let's drop , Jack, as there are differences between the BrE and AmE/CdE that will needlessly complicate...

Thanks. I am a bit confused about these: 1. I could have made half a grand if they had got it in stock. (Why do I need 'had had got'? #2 is correct?) 2. I would have been in trouble if they had killed him. (I don't have 'had had killed' here? So why is #1 incorrect?) 3. I could have made...