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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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good conditional?

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00Is any of these a good conditional? Which conditional could it be - first or second or any other?02br
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00If you get something in your eyes, you should rub your eyes.02br
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00If your mom comes home, you should ask for her to buy you an ice cream. 0-
  

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02br 02br 00Both the sentences you gave are fine if we're talking about conditionals. 02i 02br 02br 00They sound better this way, in my opinion. 02br 02br 00Conditionals of the first type, generally, describe events that can really happen.

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  • 02br 02br 00Both the sentences you gave are fine if we're talking about conditionals.
  • 02i 02br 02br 00They sound better this way, in my opinion.
  • 02br 02br 00Conditionals of the first type, generally, describe events that can really happen.
  • Conditionals of the second type describe events that can hardly happen.
  • Conditionals of the third type describe events that could happen in the past but did not happen.
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0What do you mean by "a good conditional"?02br
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00Both the sentences you gave are fine if we're talking about conditionals. There are just some corrections I'd make:02br
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01i00If you get something in your eyes, you should rub 01del01font00your eyes02font02del00 01font
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0I think they are OK. See similar examples in books:02br
01b003402b00 on 01b00"if you get * you should ask"02b02br
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00You can think of them as being 1st conditionals: 02br
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01i00If you 01b00get02b00 something in your eyes, you 01b
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