By Mixed conditionals, Modals

>I thihk the modal 'could' and possibly 'would' have some differing uses.could: about ability, would: about willingnessThe first is a mixed conditional, similar to what you can find on this page:http://www.englishpage.com/conditional/mixedconditional.htmlThis is one of the...

Hi, A:How is it different? Is the zero conditional and the second and third ones type 1? I think CalifJim told us that the modal 'can' counts as present. 1.If you can make money, please use the money to help people. 2. If you can make money, use money to help people. 3. If you can...

Hi, i have some questions on the subject of present unreal conditionals and hope you would be able to help me. 1. I would play chess more if I didn't listen to pop music so much. If the sentence had the word 'had' in the 'if' clause, then I would have considered it a second...

1. You said "If tomorrow is nice, I could go for a walk" is a mixed conditional? Yes. The 'unmixed' form is "If tomorrow is nice, I can go for a walk." But that "could" is not counterfactual, so I think those kinds of sentences are fine as they are. Yes, it's OK. Do you usually say "You...

Thank you so much! You posted a lot... are you still ok? I'm still convinced modals are toxic. The problem is that I am even more confused! Everything in your post was confusing to me I've been trying to understand this for a long time, now I feel like all I know is wrong... I think I'll...

A) Are there any verbs that are usually not backshifted, and the whole sentence is rearranged instead? I think you mentioned "should". For example, if someone says "I should see a doctor", the reported version would be "He said he had to see a doctor" or "He said he'd better see a doctor" or...

New2grammar wrote: Mike: You know what? I plan to sneak out a book from the library next week. John: You successful if you hadn't told me because I'm the new head of the library, don't you know? Which are the correct modals? Thanks! Would you still choose 'could have been'? I know it...

Thanks for your reply, MrP. 1. I would call it an exclamatory conditional. The main clause is left unspoken, but we can usually infer it, e.g. "if only she would contact me, I would be very happy". Ok, it’s a conditional with an unexpressed result but still a ‘conditional’ right? In this case,...

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...

1. If the car breaks down on you, you would have to pay for the repair, if you didn't buy the warranty. You can think of the conditional as a contraint. So in the above there are two conditions: 1) IF the proposition (the car breaks down on you). Because you have two if-clauses in your...