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It's fine. It's just a mixed conditional. It is stating with certainty that he will submit to the conditional clause if the "if" clause is fulfilled. In the "if" clause though "would" is used to show a lower possibility or lack of belief that the clause will...

It's not that simple because the main verb of the conditional clause is "think" (present tense). "Love" is a subordinate verb of the conditional clause.

Hi,Some time back, I asked a question on conditionals and I think CalifJim said something like there are many tenses in the English language and it is possible to use any combination in the if and main clauses. Only three has names but any combination is possible. How can we check for...

I think you want to know whether they are "Type 1", "Type 2", or "Type 3" conditionals. They are not any of these named conditionals.Note that there are many different tenses in English. The if clause can be in any of these tenses; the main clause can be in any of...

I am not the world's greatest expert on the technical analysis of conditional statements, but FWIW here are my thoughts. "Were" here is not the past tense, if that's what your message title is referring to. It's a subjunctive. 1) ... are you planning to go to *** Museum...

Hi,In a thread named "wish", Cool Breeze wrote this.After I wish and if only the conditional is usually used to refer to the future:Then, directing fIollowng that, he gave these two examples:I wish / If only it wouldn't rain tomorrow.I wish / If only he would come and meet me at the...

Thank you. Can we have a future tense like 'will' in the if-clause in a conditional sentence? I don't remember seeing anything like that in the online reference sources.

Please tell me if these are correct conditionals.1. If you intend to use this activity more than once, it would be worth laminating the pages. OK.Why not?If you intended to use this activity more than once, it would be worth laminating the pages Also possible, but there doesn't seem to be...

Thanks, CJ. I understand would love = want to. You pointed what I'm stuck with. I think the sentence is technically not a conditional, because Steve is going to run the ad here whether the audience has seen it or not. Actually he does, I've seen it on iTunes. I remember that my grammar...

Hello, I'm very confused as to whether I should use the conditional or the present simple in my answer to the following question:Question: "Who would win in a battle of wits between Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot?"Various answers that have crossed my mind:"Who wins depends...