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In my idiolect, the inversion is obligatory. There just may be speakers who accept it without the inversion. Both your sentences are "Second Conditional", so I'm not following the rest of the question very well. "could" neutralizes the difference between "were able to" and "would be able to". ...

I'm not sure that A is a mixed conditional. We can say: 1. If you finish your homework, you can go out with me. 2. If you finished your homework, you could go out with me. 3. If you finish your homework, you could go out with me. In #2, the 'finished' and 'could' both distance the proposal,...

Are these correct? What do they mean? 1. What if there is a fire, what would you do? (I hear a lot of people that use 'is' with 'would', is that correct? If it is correct, is it a mixed conditional?) 2. What if there is a fire, what will you do? 3. What if there is a fire, what are you going to...

Scenario: I was going to buy two computers last week at my work place but I didn't. And someone says: Why didn't you buy those better?? Because I never bought the products and I didn't do any returns? This is conditional #2 (Present Imaginary), does it mean returning products in general is bad?...

Abbie wrote: 2. Why would you want to do that? Here, you are using a conditional, 'would', because although the plan has been made, there is still the opportunity to change it - it is not definite. "I might dye my hair green?" (I'm thinking about it, but I haven't decided) "Why would you want...

Are They Safe in America 2 Abortion! The question of the century, we should be asking our self is, Should we perform abortions on demand or not allow abortion preformed at all. Some will argue that we do not have the right to perform abortions. That only God can make that decision. Other...

MrP: As I've said above: a speaker chooses 'will' and 'would' in accordance with how he wants to present his view of the hypothesis. If I want to present my hypothesis as 'real', I choose 'will'. If I want to present my hypothesis as 'unreal' (or 'remote', or 'imaginary'), I choose...

Interesting comments, JT. You are looking further down the spectrum than I. I'll suggest that in your sentence 2, you are envisioning an impossible situation... Not at all. The objective truth of the situation in #2 is irrelevant. All that matters is the impression the speaker wants to give:...

— I view quite differently. Take these statements: 1. If I can get the money, I'll come on holiday with you. 2. If I could get the money, I'd come on holiday with you. 3. If I had been able to get the money, I would have gone on holiday with you. I don't agree that the choice of 'will' or...

The above two sentences are fine. By the same taken, I would write the following sentence: If my father lived today, he would be 106 years old. What is wrong with the above? JTT: There is nothing grammatically wrong with it, Andrei. It's just not idiomatic. There are many many possible...