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Teillu Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

CONDITIONALS

Hi all,

I'm studying English again, after a break of about ten years, so there are many things I can't manage yet. We're learning conditionals, and I need to complete this sentence:

You make such delicious chocolate cakes! If you [ ] (sell) them, you [ ] (make) a fortune.

I can't figure out which conditional shall I use. Is "make a fortune" a real situation, hypothetical, unreal..?

Can I say?:

If you sell them, you'll make a fortune (because they're pretty good and people will pay millions for them...)

If you had sold them (but you didn't), you would have made a fortune (but you didn't).

If you sold them (that's a possibility: you can sell them), you would make a fortune.

Some help needed and appreciated!!
  

Top answer

Hello, Teillu—and welcome to English Forums. Teillu You make such delicious chocolate cakes! I can't figure out which conditional shall I use.

— Mister Micawber

  • Hello, Teillu—and welcome to English Forums.
  • Teillu You make such delicious chocolate cakes!
  • I can't figure out which conditional shall I use.
  • Is "make a fortune" a real situation, hypothetical, unreal..?
  • It could be either a possible or an improbable present or future, so you can use either Conditional I or II.
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Hello, Teillu—and welcome to English Forums.
TeilluYou make such delicious chocolate cakes! If you [ ] (sell) them, you [ ] (make) a fortune.I can't figure out which conditional shall I use. Is "make a fortune" a real situation, hypothetical, unreal..?
It could be either a possible or an improbable present or future, so you can use either Conditional I or II. I
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Thank you so much, Mister Micawber!

Conditionals are really challenging to me Emotion: big smile

I have no more context that the
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