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I think you are over-analyzing.would like with an infinitive is an idiom expressing desire. would love is an emphatic form of would like.They are both used as if they were present tenses.I would to go with you._____There is really no need to appeal to the concepts of ellipsis or conditionals. ...

You will see it and hear it from time to time, but the canonical form is with the if-clause in the past, as Mr. M. has illustrated above.CJ

Hi,Please tell me if we could have the modal 'would' after an if-clause in present tense.If you make some cookies, I should/would be happy/delighted.

Are they wrong since the modal usages lack the fundamental conditional uses of the modals 'would' and 'could'? Not sure what you're asking. The correct sequence of tenses applies to conditionals as well as to non-conditionals. 1. We are all watching in a sort of stunned...

The first sentence means essentially the same as "...can/will you lend me some?", but "could/would" has the effect of "softening" the request -- making it seem less direct. The use of "happen to have" (as opposed to just "have") makes no...

They certainly seem correct to me. Perhaps it's the idiom happen to that's bothering you.If you happen to have money = If, by chance, it turns out that you have money CJ

Hi, In part of the final post of the thread started by Anon named "Nagging conditional problem", Marius wrote this: If you happen to have money (with/on you), could/would you lend me some? [this is more about present or: Should you have money (with/on you), could/would you lend...

Hi, I think I have asked a similar question before and Marius supplied me with helpful answers and references (?) but after looking at those sources, I could not still figure out what to make of these nagging questions. Could you help me? I went to the Google Book Search and think I have found...

Hi, Please tell me what conditional these are and it they are correct If we take a look at the table of contents, it tell us what topics are included and on what page the information is located. -- Is this concern with what some people seem to call 'universal truth' and thus, a zero...

Hi, Are these all examples of the first conditional? If a if-clause is in the present tense, then any modal verbs can be used and it would still be a first conditional sentence? A zero conditional sentence is the one only states general rules and can't use modal verbs? All first...