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'should' may substitute for 'if' in the present tense conditional pattern. If they come early, they can wait in this room. = Should they come early, they can wait in this room.

— CalifJim

  • 'should' may substitute for 'if' in the present tense conditional pattern.
  • If they come early, they can wait in this room.
  • = Should they come early, they can wait in this room.
  • The pattern is a little different in the negative.
  • don't or doesn't changes to not .
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'should' may substitute for 'if' in the present tense conditional pattern.

If they come early, they can wait in this room.
= Should they come early, they can wait in this room.

The pattern is a little different in the negative. don't or doesn't changes to not.

If we don't arrive on time, they will start without us.
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Ah. Thanks.
ME: You were always helpful. Emotion: smoking

CJ:
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youzouSo I assume it is not very common in speaking. Is it?
I think it is a bit commoner in BrE.
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"commoner" means normal people. I think you meant "more common". I have never heard "commoner" instead of "more common". Is it formal?
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youzou I have never heard "commoner" instead of "more common".
Can I use "instead of" like what I used above?
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"commoner" means normal people.-- Not 'normal' people; people who are not nobility or aristocrats.
I think you meant "more common".-- No, I meant what I wrote; I have that option.
I have never heard "commoner" instead of "more common".-- Perhaps if you were a 70-year-old native speaker, you would have. It is common enough.
Is it formal?-- No.
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