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Adviseeker Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Need advice on 2nd conditional, thx soooo much!

Dear all,

May I know if I can use "would have" instead of "will have" in the following conditional sentence?
Thx soooooo much!

If John helps around in the house, his mother (would have / will have) more time for him.

Many thanks, everyone!
  

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adviseeker May I know if I can use " would have " instead of " will have " in the following conditional sentence? No, you can't do that. will have is the correct form.

— CalifJim

  • adviseeker May I know if I can use " would have " instead of " will have " in the following conditional sentence?
  • No, you can't do that.
  • will have is the correct form.
  • That makes it a first conditional sentence, by the way.
  • If you want a second conditional, you need If John helped around the house, his mother would have more time for him.
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adviseekerMay I know if I can use "would have" instead of "will have" in the following conditional sentence?
No, you can't do that. will have is the correct form. That makes it a first conditional sentence, by the way. If you want a second conditional, you need
If John helped around the house, his mother would have
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Thank you soooo much, CalifJim! =D

What about using modal in the "if clause" as in...

They will stay longer in US if they (can find / find) a cheap hotel.

I suppose that's a structure problem, isn't it?
We have to use "present form of the verb" in the if clause.
Please help clarify again..
Many thanks! =D
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Both can (find) and find are present tense, so either will do fine.
They will stay longer in the US if they can find a cheap hotel.
They will stay longer in the US if they find a cheap hotel.
In the second conditional form, change can (find) to could (find) and find to found.
They would stay longer in the US if they could f
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Once again, many thanks for the valuable advice, CJ! You're a legend!!!!
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if John helps his mother ,she will have more time for him .
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