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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

I would ... if you will ... [is it a correct construction?]

Hi dear all,

I read the sentence below in , and the sentence was:

"I would go with you If you will pay for my movie ticket."

And I was wondering if this is possible. Isn't it odd to have "would"  in one clause and "will" in another in the same sentence?
Shouldn't the sentence be like this?

"I would go with you if you would pay for my movie ticket."
Or
"I will go with you if you will pay for my movie ticket."

Thank you.
  

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Anonymous And I was wondering if this is possible. " Those latter are actually not the standard Conditionals II and I (respectively) either. The grammar books prefer these: I would go with you if you paid for my movie ticket.

— Mister Micawber

  • Anonymous And I was wondering if this is possible.
  • " Those latter are actually not the standard Conditionals II and I (respectively) either.
  • The grammar books prefer these: I would go with you if you paid for my movie ticket.
  • I will go with you if you pay for my movie ticket.
  • However, in real English, you will hear all the above permutations uttered, as the speakers express varying feelings of assuredness about the actions and create mixed conditionals
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AnonymousAnd I was wondering if this is possible. Isn't it odd to have "would" in one clause and "will" in another in the same sentence?Shouldn't the sentence be like this?"I would go with you if you would pay for my movie ticket."Or"I will go with you if you will pay for my movie ticket."
Those latter are actually not the standard Conditionals II and I (resp
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So, we can say any of the following sentences and we won't sound wrong?

a). If I should go with you, you should pay for my movie ticket. (if should ..., should ... )
If you should pay for my movie ticket, I should with you.

b). If I should go with you, you would pay for my movie ticket. (if should ..., would... )
If you would play for my movie ticket, I should
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You cannot just mix and match in every direction, Laborious!
However, these sound reasonably normal:

If I should go with you, you should pay for my movie ticket. (the 'should's have different meanings, of course: 1 = probability and 2 = obligation)
If I should go with you, you would pay for my movie ticket.
If you would play for my movie ticket, I'd go
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Thank you very much, sir, for you kind reply!

Could you please check whether or not it's clear to me now?
Here's what I think now:

a).If I should go with you, you should pay for my movie ticket.

we can rewrite the above sentence like this and there would be no difference in the meaning:
" If I were to go with you or If I went with you,
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a). " If I were to go with you or If I went with you, it would be proper for you / would be an obligation for you to pay for my movie ticket".
b). Right.
c). Right.
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