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Anonymous Posted 7 years ago
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Would think

You would think he would be a nice guy.

here, ‘would think’ is a second conditional? Like you would think he would be a nice guy if somebody talked about him to you.

Am I correct?

  

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anonymous H ere, is ‘would think’ is a second conditional? Yes, but not explicitly, as you know, because there is no if -clause. In these cases you can usually supply some vacuous if -clause, as you have done.

  • anonymous H ere, is ‘would think’ is a second conditional?
  • Yes, but not explicitly, as you know, because there is no if -clause.
  • In these cases you can usually supply some vacuous if -clause, as you have done.
  • ) .
  • So there are some aspects of the second conditional here.
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anonymousHere, is‘would think’ is a second conditional?

Yes, but not explicitly, as you know, because there is no if-clause. In these cases you can usually supply some vacuous if-clause, as you have done. The most vacuous possible if-clause

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