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gt I thihk the modal could and possibly would have some differing uses could about ability would about willingness quote user Anonymous Thank you Would you say these are examples of any of traditional first or second or third conditional or any of the acceptable variants thereof I have been...

Hi Manisha When we would like to relate a failure in the past to an ongoing activity that is still considered unfulfilled today we can use a mixed conditional statement in which one relates a present unreal condition i e verb in the simple past TYPE II conditional to a past unreal unachievable...

Tlzone08 wrote I thought you can use If I have money I will help you OK and If I have money I would help you No that s not OK Here HAVE is the present tense and WOULD is the past tense In the sentence above would help is conditional i e would is not the past tense Someone said using WOULD makes...

Hi Tanit No I wouldn t say that for me personally that mixed conditionals are never acceptable in writing however written and spoken English do display different characteristics I think that many native speakers feel that when they commit something to paper or the computer screen then all of...

Lcchang wrote If I get paid I would buy you lunch Is this one OK I bet the grammar book will not allow this sentence to be made Many grammar books would class this as a mixed conditional As Paco says there is an conflict between the use of the simple present tense which suggests immediacy and...

I am confused by the difference of these sentences A If you finish the homework you could go out with me B If you finished the homework you could go out with me Are they correct in grammar If so would you please tell me the difference Yes Yoko they are both grammatically correct Contextually...

Would you please tell us now the difference between 2 and 3 then 3 and 4 2 If that kind of tsunami should come to Japan tomorrow Tokyo will be devastated 3 If that kind of tsunami should come to Japan tomorrow Tokyo would be devastated 4 If that kind of tsunami were to come to Japan tomorrow...