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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>.
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Revision as of 14:56, 17 April 2013

In general, the standard EFL grammars have divided the conditional mode in English into 3 types on the basis of both syntax and semantics:

(It was not simply done to encourage students to learn the ordinals from 1st-3rd :)

Quickly, in the part of the sentence that does not include the condition (which is often introduced by if), the following modals are frequently found

  • The first conditional = Ø, can, will, may, shall V
  • The second conditional = d, could, would, should, might V
  • The third conditional = primarily , coulda', woulda', shoulda' (and mighta') Ved

The first conditional

If we finish in time, we can go to the 7:30pm showing.

The second conditional

The third conditional