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Hi Rotter I can't believe you are having problems with conditional sentences. Swedish and English are so closely related that the auxiliaries, infinitives and tenses are used in exactly the same way in both languages: I would weigh = jag skulle väga if I start ed = om jag börja de Cheers...

Thank you, Mr. M. Then, what are these ones I wrote? They have if-clauses and what look to be resultant clauses, and also, they seem to be good, sensible sentences. All first conditional?? If I hear from you before I leave, I would call you when I get home. If I get a raise this month,...

Hi, What is an open conditional? Is that another name for first conditional or what? Does that mean the element of hypothetical doesn't exist in an open conditional or can it accommodate both hypothetical and real? But I see cases where the verb or auxiliary verb 'did' or...

Hi Newguest I have the following to share with you. may / might Similarly, we can use the modal auxiliaries may or might to say that there is a chance that something is true or may happen. May and might are used to talk about present or future events. They can normally be used...

English is ambiguous enough for it to refer to the past or the future depending on the context. Succeeded can be an indicative past tense or a subjunctive and would can be a past tense meaning "used to" or an auxiliary of the present conditional. CB

First conditional: When you're gone, I'll miss you. Not correct. Try "If you (are to) go, I’ll miss you." Zero conditional: When you're gone, I miss you. OK Is ARE present simple in both phrases? It is. See bracketed version. Because in the first conditional, it's strange to think...

I think the following would be considered a typical Type 3 Conditional. If I had studied hard in college, I would have become a successful person. Yes. This is a typical Type 3 conditional. If ... had ..., would have .. Here, I think would is a modal verb for a clause that...

Peaceblinkfriend wrote: Hi, If I hadn't passed my exam, I wouldn't have gone to Cancun. = This is a conditional clause and in this instance, it is being used to talk about something that might have happened in the past, but did not in fact happen. In this sort of conditional clause, you use the...

Pucca wrote: So, if it is something which is always true, we use the present tence of the verb in both clauses, don't we? Yes, and your sentence was also a zero conditional. (Is the "don't we" right there? ) Yes

Thanks, Yankee and Goodman! Yankee wrote: A "zero conditional" is a conditional sentence in which the result is usually or always true if the condition is fulfilled. So, if it is something which is always true, we use the present tence of the verb in both clauses, don't we? (Is the "don't we"...