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MagnusManrik Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Phrase meaning

Hi, community! When I was surfing on this site when I saw this sentence: "you have the ability to message a moderator privately should you wish". The underlined part has intrigued me a lot because I don't know its meaning, could you explain it and, when answering, put some other examples. Thanks in advance!

  

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MagnusManrik "you have the ability to message a moderator privately should you wish". Should you wish = if you would like to do that.

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  • MagnusManrik "you have the ability to message a moderator privately should you wish".
  • Should you wish = if you would like to do that.
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MagnusManrik"you have the ability to message a moderator privately should you wish".

Should you wish = if you would like to do that.

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MagnusManrikshould you wish

= if you wish

Here are some alternate ways of expressing the if-clause in a conditional statement. Those shown in parentheses are somewhat rare.

1. If he goes there alone, ... 
= If he should go there alone, ...
= Should he go there alone, ...
2. If he went there alone, ...
= If he were
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