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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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conditional?

0 Hi, is this a good first conditional? If you are organized, it makes your life easier to manage. Should it be this? If you are organized, it will make your life easier to manage. Are these possible as a correctly-formed first conditional? If you are organized, it can/might (but not, could and would?? anyother modal possible??) make your life easier to manage. If he has some money, he can/might (but not, could and would?? any other modal possible??) buy a necklace. 0-
  

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" Meaning it happens all the time. " The modals don't make any difference. " Second conditionals are used for hypothetical or theoretical situations.

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  • " Meaning it happens all the time.
  • " The modals don't make any difference.
  • " Second conditionals are used for hypothetical or theoretical situations.
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0 Your example is more of a zero conditional; another example of this is, "When/If you heat ice, it melts." Meaning it happens all the time. A first conditional has a future element, like your example, "If you are organized, it will make your life easier to manage." The modals don't make any difference. Your last example is a second conditional, and should be written, "If he had some money,
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