In Present tenses^x, Mixed conditionals^x, Tenses^x

I don't really know exactly why I said "wrong" in one place and "awkward" in another! Your question in the other thread seemed to focus on mixed conditionals, and I didn't want to leave you with the impression that all mixed conditionals are wrong. Maybe that's...

Thank you so much, Marius and Mr. Wordy. I think I checked out the mixed conditional section of the website you gave but I didn't see anything in the present tense though. Also I came up with this. Is this a mixed conditional too? If that is the case, wouldn't it make more sense to...

Would it be OK if has become a set phrase used for politeness. The conditionality of the word if is almost absent, and the phrase is in reality just a weaker, more tentative version of Is it OK if. Because of this, it seems to have the force of a present tense in meaning, if not in form. I...

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...

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...

1. What if I go down the road and I hit someone, would I be at fault? (This is a mixed conditional? I used present tense 'go' to make the sentence sound more immediate; than I shift away to 'would' for remoteness?) 2. Let's say I go down the reoad and I hit someone, would I be at fault? (This is...

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...

- (The choice was his alone.) If he is saying, "Not that I would but if did, then this would happen". "If I open the door, a tiger will ..." is allowing that it is a more real chance. Even a mixed conditional is possible, "If I open the door, a tiger would ..."

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...

If they stop making cars now, it would take 60 days to sell everything they have. What kind of structure is this? JTT: I think this even has a grammatical name; mixed conditional. How come the tenses don't match and it is correct? How do you know if this sentence is not a mistake? I can't...