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Franziska bohn Posted 8 years ago
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Will be sharing

Hello.


My friend tells me I should post picture we took online.


I tell her:


No. If I post them online I’ll be sharing them with (am sharing them) the whole community.


Or.


If I posted them online I’d be sharing them with the whole community.

  

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franziska bohn My friend tells me I should post a picture we took online. Does that sound to you like a real situation in which your friend really wants you to post the picture? Or does it sound like you and your friend are just theorizing over your morning coffee about what might happen if you posted the picture?

— CalifJim

  • franziska bohn My friend tells me I should post a picture we took online.
  • Does that sound to you like a real situation in which your friend really wants you to post the picture?
  • Or does it sound like you and your friend are just theorizing over your morning coffee about what might happen if you posted the picture?
  • CJ
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franziska bohnMy friend tells me I should post a picture we took online.

Does that sound to you like a real situation in which your friend really wants you to post the picture?
Or does it sound like you and your friend are just theorizing over your morning coffee about what might happen if you posted the pictur

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Admittedly, conditional sentences are something that even I, a native English speaker, struggle to make sense of and have difficulty teaching.

My understanding of will vs. would is this: would is slightly more hypothetical/counterfactual. And if I am wrong on that, then I hope someone will correct me.

As far as I know:

1. If I posted them online, I'll (I

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