It would make everyone's life easier if you would close your investigation.
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In Lucifer's episode 7, Dan suggests closing the investigation and uses the following words:
It would make everyone's life easier if you would close your investigation.
1) Is it grammatically correct? If yes, does this linguistic structure have a name?
2) It reminds me of the second conditional:
It would make everyone's life easier if you would closed your investigation.
But it is more hypothetical, so doesn't mean the same thing, right?
3) To make it more realistic, one should use the first conditional:
It will make everyone's life easier if you close your investigation.
But does it mean the same?
Top answer
Reegis It would make everyone's life easier if you would close your investigation. , should not) occur in an if -clause — probably because it's rare. When it does happen, 'would' can take on the meaning of willingness, thus: If you were willing to close your investigation, everyone's life would be made easier.
- Reegis It would make everyone's life easier if you would close your investigation.
- , should not) occur in an if -clause — probably because it's rare.
- When it does happen, 'would' can take on the meaning of willingness, thus: If you were willing to close your investigation, everyone's life would be made easier.
- Another factor worth looking at in this sentence is that it is self-referential.
- The initial 'it' refers to the entire second clause.
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ReegisIt would make everyone's life easier if you would close your investigation.
Students are told that 'would' does not (i.e., should not) occur in an if-clause — probably because it's rare. When it does happen, 'would' can take on the meaning of willingness, thus:
If you were willing to close your inve
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