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Second Conditional - Grammar Chart: If Clause and Main Clause
Second Conditional - Grammar Chart: If Clause and Main Clause
We use if + past to talk about an imaginary present or future situation (although the
verb is in past, the meaning is present or future). And we use would + infinitive to
talk about the result or consequence of that imaginary situation.
When the if clause comes first, we normally put a comma after it. We don’t use a
comma when the main clause comes first and the if clause comes second.
unless = if (not)
was or were?
In the second conditional we can use if I/he/she/it were (more formal) instead of if
I/he/she/it was.