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Hans51 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

If it should rain tomorrow, I will / would stay home.

1) If it should rain tomorrow, I will stay home.
2) If it should rain tomorrow, I would stay home.

My text book says will or would can be put in the main clause and when meaning is not absolutely conditional in if clauses, it is okay to use will but I do not know what it means at all so when do you think we use will or would in main clauses and is there a meaning difference or usage difference between them?

Thank you so much in advance.
  

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Hans51 when do you think we use will or would in main clauses and is there a meaning difference or usage difference between them? Interesting question. 'Should' in this usage is a very British thing, so I hesitate to comment, but I will anyway: I would only use #1.

— Mister Micawber

  • Hans51 when do you think we use will or would in main clauses and is there a meaning difference or usage difference between them?
  • Interesting question.
  • 'Should' in this usage is a very British thing, so I hesitate to comment, but I will anyway: I would only use #1.
  • #2 would not occur to me.
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Hans51when do you think we use will or would in main clauses and is there a meaning difference or usage difference between them?
Interesting question. 'Should' in this usage is a very British thing, so I hesitate to comment, but I will anyway: I would only use #1. #2 would not occur to me.
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Mister MicawberShould' in this usage is a very British thing,
And not many of us speakers of BrE use it.

The 'standard' possibilities are:

1) If it rains tomorrow, I will stay home. The speaker considers the possibility of rain to be real.
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