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Dileepa Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Meaning of the sentence

I've found following sentence from Cambridge dictionary. However, I cannot understand what is the meaning of it precisely.

Should the opportunity arise, I'd love to go to China.


However, I guessed the meaning might be in the form of a second conditional sentence. Is the meaning of above sentence is similar to the following sentence.


Given the opportunity, I'd love to go to China.

  

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dileepa Should the opportunity arise, I'd love to go to China. This is a slightly fancier way of saying: "If the opportunity arose, I'd love to go to China". ".

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  • dileepa Should the opportunity arise, I'd love to go to China.
  • This is a slightly fancier way of saying: "If the opportunity arose, I'd love to go to China".
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dileepaShould the opportunity arise, I'd love to go to China.

This is a slightly fancier way of saying: "If the opportunity arose, I'd love to go to China".

Another variant is "If the opportunity should arise, ...".

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dileepaShould the opportunity arise, I'd love to go to China.

This is old-fashioned or excessively formal, but completely understandable in American English. It might be more common in British English.

dileepaGiven the opportunity, I'd love to go to China.

Very common in American English.

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