How to understand the meaning of would in the sentence below?

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just be prepared to look a little bit cooler than you would if you opted for a field jacket or adenim jacket instead.

Shermla · Accepted Answer

would = would feel

CalifJim · Answer

ScottishJust be prepared to look a little bit cooler than you would (look) if you opted for a field jacket or a denim jacket instead.

The modal auxiliary verb 'would' is used alone because the lexical verb was mentioned earlier. This is common in English.

That said, 'would' is part of a second conditional construction here.

If you opted ..., you would look ....

CJ

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