He checked on me regularly during my stay to see if I needed anything. I’ve been confused of if I needed anything. Actually needing something has occured in the first place? Which article can make me understood of this phrase? Answer These two sentences describe the same action: When he came in he asked, "Do … Read more
I saw the following example sentence in this link: If Gina would explain her situation a little better, I think they’d see where she’s coming from. As seen, both the if- and main clauses use the "would + infinite" form and the sentence does not fall into any of the well-known conditional constructions. Given this … Read more
Consider the following hypothetical example. A friend of mine named Alex passed away last year. I’ve found a notebook in his room with pictures of lions. This suggests that he was likely interested in lions. This observation makes me think he may have been interested in tigers too — because lions and tigers share a … Read more
I’ve heard the third conditional structure is used when the condition is not real. Here are some examples. But I think I’ve come across an example that negates the above rule. Here it is: If Alex had considered onboarding customers for those very old services, he might have had a similar opinion about the newer … Read more
(As in conditional sentences) "If I had time, I should go to the gym." "If I had had time, I should have gone to the gym." I am not sure about American English, but I reckon in British English if the subject is I" or "We" then "should" can be used in the sense of … Read more
I’m not sure what is suggested here, can you shed light on this if usage: The history of efforts to regulate cigarette- and their relative ineffectiveness- demonstrated the power of the industry to disrupt public health, just as it had disrupted science. If the tobacco industry did not invent special interest lobbying, they raised it … Read more
Background I think the present simple is usually used after when if it’s like a condition. E.g.: I’ll call you when I arrive. (correct) I’ll call you when I will arrive. (wrong) However, on english-corpora.org, I found a sentence in which an expression like a wrong example above is used: When I will meet him, … Read more
I’m not sure if it’s the right word, but I feel like the Present Simple is sometimes used as a ‘condition’. For example: If you do that, this will happen. I’ll call you when I arrive. Clean your room before you go out. Questions: Is it possible to use ‘will’ in this kind of clauses? … Read more
I came across this quote and was intrigued by its grammar: "The soul would have no rainbow, had the eyes no tears" At first glance, "had the eyes no tears" this seems like a type II conditional sentence being inverted (I can vaguely make out the conditional clause to mean "If the eyes had no … Read more
I know there are 4 types of conditional sentence. zero, one, two, three and mixed conditional; that the mixed conditional has two types: When the condition refers to the past, but the consequence to the present; for example: If you had done your job properly, we wouldn’t be in this mess now. When the consequence … Read more
