could someone help me with conditionals..

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can we use present continuous tense, present perfect tense  in condiatinals. if so , please explain me with some examples.

Mister Micawber · Accepted Answer

In Conditional 1, at least:

If I am going to Tokyo tomorrow, I will let you know.
If I have found her phone number in time, I will let you know.

Rahul Malhotra · Answer

sir,

i have one more question to ask you. can we use modal verbs like would, could... in the condition of conditionals.?

if we can, how.

1."let me know what is confusing you"

2." may i know who is speaking"

3."do you know how many people are there in the class "

are the above sentences in the correct form ?... if they are then ,what do we call the parts in the pink

pls explain me briefly.

Mister Micawber · Answer

Hello, Rahul-- and a belated welcome to English Forums.

Yes, would and could can appear there: If you would/could hold the door for me, I would be extremely grateful.

And in your three correctly formed sentences, the clauses in red are nominal clauses serving as objects of the verb know.

Rahul Malhotra · Answer

but, i dont know why so many books on english grammar says that modals should not be used in the condition of conditionals and can only be used in the result.

how to know a word in a sentence whether it is in the adjective form or past participle form.?

because we say,

ex:

i got my shirt torn .

i had my purse stolen.

im disappointed.

you have not come prepared.

Marius Hancu · Answer

Rahul Malhotrabut, i dont know why so many books on english grammar says that modals should not be used in the condition of conditionals and can only be used in the result.

Often, this is caused by this situation where the above rule is correct:
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would have for had. In spoken English, there is a growing tendency to use would have in place of the subjunctive had in contrary-to-fact clauses, such as If she would have (instead of if she had) only listened to me, this would never have happened. But this usage is still widely considered an error in writing. Only 14 percent of the Usage Panel accepts it in the previously cited sentence, and a similar amount—but 16 percent—accepts it in the sentence I wish you would have told me about this sooner.

The American Heritage® Book of English Usage.
http://www.bartleby.com/64/C001/061.html
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