By Conditionals, Clauses

It's just a standard type 3 conditional. This expresses a hypothesis on what would have happened if the "if" clause, which is no longer possible to fulfil, had been fulfilled. It is formed as follows: if + pronoun + past perfect clause + pronoun + would + perfect infinitive clause.

Hi,It has been a long time since I saw last. You asked me to help you to do better at your English class. Have you tried reading more like easy-to-read novels? That can help you to get better at understanding word meanings and thus increase your comprehension. Not only reading helps you to...

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...

... your son is ... do you think ...Or If your son was alive, why did you think he wasn't coming back?I don't see a need to make it unreal. The fact that the main clause is a question makes this pattern less than a true conditional statement.CJ

If you want to put more doubt on him doing that you could also say:(This is present/future, not past.) In my opinion, should he do that kind of thing, he will meet so and so consequences. which could considered in BrE to be coloured-future (i.e. something colored by your emotions/opinions,...

No. Type 3 has "If ... had ..., ... would have ...". ... if you haven't, I want to run it for you tomorrow is a modified Type 1 -- modified because the if clause has a present perfect instead of the usual present. CJ

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...

Hi,You used this sentence in your answering post: I hope you've seen it, but if you haven't, I'd love to run it for you now. ~I think we can have the ''would' in the main clause to indicate the future event like this.I hope you've seen it, but if you haven't,...

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...