In the case of assault, threatening to cause harm to a person but not carrying through on the threat would be classified as a misdemeanor.
Is this a second conditional would?
anonymous In the case of assault, threatening to cause harm to a person but not carrying through on the threat would be classified as a misdemeanor. Is this a second conditional would? No, because there is no "if".
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anonymousIn the case of assault, threatening to cause harm to a person but not carrying through on the threat would be classified as a misdemeanor.
Is this a second conditional would?
No, because there is no "if". However, the gerund subject serves as an if-clause (if you threatened to cause harm ...), so it's an implicit se