@Mars Chan In many situations you can use either the 1st of the 2nd conditional. However, as I explain in this lesson, the connotation changes: 'I know you will not believe me if I tell you.' means there is a HIGH probability that I will now tell you, even if you don't believe me. 'I know you would not believe me if I told you.' means I am debating with myself whether to tell you or not. The probability of me telling you is now lower than in the first sentence. The same is true for your other example. By using the second conditional, he is saying: 'we can but it is unlikely that we will.'
This is another use of 'would' as a synonym for 'used to' (frequent action in the past). I clarify this usage in my lesson called 'Modal Verbs: will, shall, would'.
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xLatinMan A great conditional sentence! Well done. I'm very glad my lesson has been helpful to you. You will find similar lessons and other practice materials on my website www.anglo-link.com under 'Video Lessons' and 'Exercises'.
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Minoo, thank you! Very clear lesson. On my notes something that helped me made see it even more logical was puting the four conditionals on a sheet of paper : the conditional 0 at the bottom and the conditional 3 at the top of the page, conditionals 1 and 2 in between. The higher on the page the higher the uncertainty of the action that depends on the condition. Like in the mountains: the higher the altitude, the thinner the air.
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When you see the past tense in the second conditional, don't think of it as a past 'tense', just a form (past subjunctive) that changes the degree of probability: I think I will see her >> If I see her (high probability)... I don't think I will see her >> If I saw her (low probability) You can also say: If I were to see her tomorrow ...
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Thank you so much miss💕 But may I ask something? How about the "mixed conditional"? It exists right? It's the mix of the second conditional with third conditional.
great examples with clear explanation. thank you. i have just a little doubt why 2 second condition use past form of verb where we talking about the present situation.
You're welcome, Shaamsul. The past 'form' of the verb here is not a tense. It is a form (possibly the equivalent of Past Subjunctive in other languages) that denotes a low probability.
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Flawless lesson, indeed. There are myriad of lectures regarding conditional clause on youtube but this lesson is undoubtedly complete and clear. I no longer require to hit the web link about conditional clause after watching this video. Thank you.
+Carl Badjou As I explain in the lesson, the use of the Past Simple form (it is not a tense here) in the second conditional is to show low or zero probability.
But you should probably use "the next day", or "the following day", instead of "tomorrow", are you genuine English actually, because I might have spotted a couple of mistakes here?
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Yes, Amine. I believe you want to say in Conditional type 2, we must only use 'were'. However, in spoken English, you may hear native speakers use 'was'.
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this is why learning Indoeuropean branch of language so interesting.. of the three sister languages ive been studying, all three have this conditional structure.. you people seems precisely pinpoint your mode of talking in way that you avoid confusion between lets say, reality and non reality and thank you for the clear explanation
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Yes ! It’s a good idea to advise to replace "If" by "when" for the conditional zero. To those who can't understand, it's a very good tip! As always all you teaches is cristal clear! 220217 glé
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Ebrahim Rahmany Excellent sentence! I'm glad this lesson has been useful to you. You will find similar lessons and other practice materials on my website www.anglo-link.com under 'Video Lessons' and 'Exercises'.
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Thanks for the great lesson. Having English as a second language , it is always being a challenge on how to use correctly conditionals, but this video has clarified those loose ends in my grammar.
thank-you very much . respected Anglo-link ma'am , when I speak in my class so I do mistake while writing . please help me ma'am in the pronunciation of vocabulary .
In this video I was able to reinforce much more what I learned in class, I think it is very important to reinforce the topics with visual material, thanks to this video I was able to reinforce more, in this way seeing the conditionals I could understand how it is that some concepts are formed. From the examples they give us, it is also very important to remember them obviously with each of the three conditions and their notes to differentiate them.
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