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	</ul>		</ul>
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		+	More persuausively, Huddlestone & Pullum have divided conditionals into open and remote conditionals, on the basis of whether a "past modal" is mandatory in the sentence or not. So, for the authors of the Cambridge Grammar of the English Language, the 2nd and 3rd conditionals one finds in Murphy (or in Swan?)
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	=The first conditional=		=The first conditional=

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     <li>The first conditional
   <ul>
-<li><b>semantics</b>: possible future events / logical consequence </li>
+<li><b>semantics</b>: predictions concerning possible future events / logical consequence </li>
 <li><b>syntax</b>: <span style="color:darkblue;">Ø, can, will, may, shall</span> <span style="color:darkred;"> + V</span></li>
 </ul>
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   <ul>
-<li><b>semantics</b>: unrealized states / events (<i>irrealis</i>) / regrets, suggestions, reproaches / improbable worlds / logical consequence  </li>
+<li><b>semantics</b>: unrealized states / events (<i>irrealis</i>) / regrets/reproaches, suggestions, improbable worlds / logical consequence  </li>
 <li><b>syntax</b>: primarily <span style="color:green;">də</span>, <span style="color:darkblue;">coulda', woulda', shoulda'</span> (and <span style="color:darkblue;">mighta'</span>)  <span style="color:darkred;">V</span>ed </li>
 </ul>

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     <li>The second conditional
   <ul>
-<li><b>semantics</b>: remotely possible events or unrealized states (<i>irrealis</i>) / politeness, hypothesis / logical consequence </li>
+<li><b>semantics</b>: remotely possible events or unrealized states (<i>irrealis</i>) / politeness, hypothesis, improbable worlds / logical consequence </li>
 <li><b>syntax</b>: <span style="color:green;">d</span>, <span style="color:darkblue;">could, would, should, might</span>   <span style="color:darkred;"> + V</span></li>
 </ul>
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   <ul>
-<li><b>semantics</b>: unrealized states / events (<i>irrealis</i>) / regrets / logical consequence </li>
+<li><b>semantics</b>: unrealized states / events (<i>irrealis</i>) / regrets, suggestions, reproaches / improbable worlds / logical consequence  </li>
 <li><b>syntax</b>: primarily <span style="color:green;">də</span>, <span style="color:darkblue;">coulda', woulda', shoulda'</span> (and <span style="color:darkblue;">mighta'</span>)  <span style="color:darkred;">V</span>ed </li>
 </ul>

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   <ul>
 <li><b>semantics</b>: possible future events / logical consequence </li>
-<li><b>syntax</b>: <span style="color:darkblue;">Ø, can, will, may, shall</span> <span style="color:darkred;">V</span></li>
+<li><b>syntax</b>: <span style="color:darkblue;">Ø, can, will, may, shall</span> <span style="color:darkred;"> + V</span></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
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     <li>The second conditional
   <ul>
-<li><b>semantics</b>: remotely possible events or unrealized states (<i>irrealis</i>) / logical consequence </li>
+<li><b>semantics</b>: remotely possible events or unrealized states (<i>irrealis</i>) / politeness, hypothesis / logical consequence </li>
-<li><b>syntax</b>: <span style="color:green;">d</span>, <span style="color:darkblue;">could, would, should, might</span>   <span style="color:darkred;">V</span></li>
+<li><b>syntax</b>: <span style="color:green;">d</span>, <span style="color:darkblue;">could, would, should, might</span>   <span style="color:darkred;"> + V</span></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-    <li>The third conditional = primarily <span style="color:green;">də</span>, <span style="color:darkblue;">coulda', woulda', shoulda'</span> (and <span style="color:darkblue;">mighta'</span>)  <span style="color:darkred;">V</span>ed </li>
+    <li>The third conditional = </li>
 </ul>

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     <li>The first conditional
   <ul>
-<li><b>semantics</b>: future event likely to occur / logical consequence </li>
+<li><b>semantics</b>: possible future events / logical consequence </li>
 <li><b>syntax</b>: <span style="color:darkblue;">Ø, can, will, may, shall</span> <span style="color:darkred;">V</span></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-    <li>The second conditional = <span style="color:green;">d</span>, <span style="color:darkblue;">could, would, should, might</span>   <span style="color:darkred;">V</span></li>
+    <li>The second conditional
     <li>The third conditional = primarily <span style="color:green;">də</span>, <span style="color:darkblue;">coulda', woulda', shoulda'</span> (and <span style="color:darkblue;">mighta'</span>)  <span style="color:darkred;">V</span>ed </li>

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 Quickly, in the part of the sentence that does <u>not</u> include the condition (which is often introduced by <span style="color:darkblue;">if</span>), the following modals are frequently found
 <ul>
-    <li>The first conditional  = <span style="color:darkblue;">Ø, can, will, may, shall</span> <span style="color:darkred;">V</span></li>
+    <li>The first conditional
     <li>The second conditional = <span style="color:green;">d</span>, <span style="color:darkblue;">could, would, should, might</span>   <span style="color:darkred;">V</span></li>

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 <ol>
-<li>If we finish in time, we <u>can go</u> to the 7:30pm <abbr title="séance, s'emploie pour le cinéma.  Cf. Showtime (cable network)">showing</abbr>.</li>
+<li>If we finish in time, we <span style="color:darkblue;">can go</span> to the 7:30pm <abbr title="séance, s'emploie pour le cinéma.  Cf. Showtime (cable network)">showing</abbr>.</li>
-<li>If she's flying in late Monday, she <u>may want</u> us to start later on Tuesday morning, so she can recover from jet lag.</li>
+<li>If she's flying in late Monday, she <span style="color:darkblue;">may want</span> us to start later on Tuesday morning, so she can recover from jet lag.</li>
-<li>If I have my daughter, I <u>Ø  leave</u> work early to pick her up.  (general truth)</li>
+<li>If I have my daughter, I <span style="color:darkblue;">Ø  leave</span> work early to pick her up from the airport.  (general truth)</li>
-<li>If I have my daughter Friday evening, I <u>will (have to) leave</u> work early to pick her up. (more specific)</li>
+<li>If he has his daughter, he <span style="color:darkblue;">Ø leaves</span> work early to pick her up from the airport.  (general rule:  note that the -s is added to the verb as there is no modal auxiliary)
-<li>If I have my daughter Friday evening, I <u>may ask</u> for Friday afternoon off so I can go shopping and clean the house.
+<li>If I have my daughter Friday evening, I <span style="color:darkblue;">will (have to) leave</span> work early to pick her up. (more specific)</li>
 </ol>
 =The second conditional=
 =The third conditional=