By Dates, Conditionals

Hi,I was perusing the Wikipedia on its Conditional sentence and it seemed to indicate all these are examples of the first conditional.From Wikipedia examples:If she took that flight yesterday, she is somewhere in town today.If she took that flight yesterday, we'll see her tomorrow.If it's...

If the candidate has such proficiency, it would be preferable. I'd say "Proficiency in English is preferred." (Advanced degrees.) In #2, the conditional is right here "If we can." I

Dear teachers,I would appreciate it very much if you could explain it to me why Would is used in a non-conditional sentences as below:1/ (in an announcement of recruitment ) -Candidates with advanced degress are preferred. -Proficiency in...

Yes. You are simply making explicit what can be left implicit if you wish. Your additions of an if-clause both in your example and in mine are possible, but not necessary.CJ

Thank you, again.I think I have seen Doll use this type of insertion technique to confirm the conditional nature of a sentence with the modal 'would'. Except the kind that is used for politeness, like your sentence here, would you say this is good to confirm the conditional nature of the...

Thank you. Would you say that the second set lacks proper context for their present-time usage since for the present-time uses, 'would' and 'could' have a sense of conditional -- depending on something to make the one with 'would' and 'could' to make it a reality...

Hi,1. Let us say this was in quotation marks. How would you validate the use of the underlined tense?The people who built houses; their walls have crumbled, as if they had never been!2. TWO more questions:Does 'as if' in normal sentential situations mean the same as 'if', like...

Thank you. I may be naive to ask you this: What is the reason to shift-back further only the following two events and leave the other two events just once back (as it seems -- I don't how many times back since the past can go back far in the past with the ability to accommadate how many ever...

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 'did...

Way, way, way too much in one post! Maybe next time you could split these into separate posts? Your way is certainly also a very good way to state that fact. Both are correct.CJ