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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
if + should in a conditional clause
I read here (in a course book) :
If I should win the lottery, I would invite you all.
Is that correct?
I always learned: don't combine "if" with " would/should"
I I win, the lottery, I will invite...
If I won, I would invite
No doubt about that, but what are the comments on the first sentence?
If I should win the lottery, I would invite you all.
Is that correct?
I always learned: don't combine "if" with " would/should"
I I win, the lottery, I will invite...
If I won, I would invite
No doubt about that, but what are the comments on the first sentence?
Top answer
Anonymous If I should win the lottery, I would invite you all. It is perhaps more used in British English than American English. " should " adds a tone of hopefulness or wistfulness.
- Anonymous If I should win the lottery, I would invite you all.
- It is perhaps more used in British English than American English.
- " should " adds a tone of hopefulness or wistfulness.
- It is a conditional form of the subjunctive in formal English.
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AnonymousIf I should win the lottery, I would invite you all.It is perhaps more used in British English than American English. "should" adds a tone of hopefulness or wistfulness. It is a conditional form of the subjunctive in formal English.
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