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Senthilvelann Posted 21 years ago
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Second conditional - doubt
When the second conditonal deals with impossible situation, how can we say or request like
" Would you mind If I sat here?" purely for the present possible situation. Please clarify.
" Would you mind If I sat here?" purely for the present possible situation. Please clarify.
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The so-called "second conditional" does not necessarily deal with an impossible situation. In fact, more often it deals with a possible situation. For example, "If it rained, the roads would get wet". Here raining is certainly a possible situation.
Not sure if this helps. Maybe you'll need to rephrase the question.
CJ
Not sure if this helps. Maybe you'll need to rephrase the question.
CJ
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Dumb question: what's wrong with "would you mind if I sit here?"
After all, this seems like something that is likely to happen.
After all, this seems like something that is likely to happen.
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