In Tenses^x, Conditionals^x

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...

Hi,What is the difference? I hope you've seen it, but if you hadn't (haven't), I'd love to run it for you now.I think the 'hadn't' version is a type 2 conditional (unreal). To me, using a present tense in the if-clause is new. How does it work?Is this good?If you have...

My reading of the above sentence from Miller and variations on it is:She looks exactly as if she HAS just stepped out of a Turkish Bath. [present-perfect-to-present REAL, or MORE REALShe looks exactly as if she HAD just stepped out of a Turkish Bath. [Miller's original; past-to-present UNREAL...

The possibility that someone may or may not hear them along the trail later is not blocked at all by the statement that it was so quiet that you could have heard them come along the trail. I think the past tense was (It was so quiet) is throwing you off the track here, because it creates a...

Assuming you don't intend any future-in-the-past interpretations, these sentences should all use "will", not "would". But some of them are ambiguous or may not mean what you want. For example, "two hours later" means either two hours from some point in the past...

Hi all,Thanks in advance for your help in answering this question. I'm trying to explain to a non-native English speaker that a certain usage is either incorrect or awkward, but I find myself unable to do so. At this point, I'm just confusing myself in trying to explain it.So her...

I'm not aware of any classification of the as if constructions into first, second, and third. From what I've seen, they can parallel the first, second, and third conditionals in their tense patterns, but usage is much more free. That is, they don't always conform strictly to those...

Hi again, Thank you so much again.Here,Your correction:"If John comes home about an hour later, he will be looking for me to play chess with him and when he finds out I am not there, he will be disappointed," I think. Do you have a question about this? Yes,but does it have to be...

Thank you so much again.Here,Your correction:"If John comes home about an hour later, he will be looking for me to play chess with him and when he finds out I am not there, he will be disappointed," I think. Do you have a question about this? Yes,but does it have to be "will"?...