Would...if
Persian LearnerWe may/might go next month if the show is still playing and it is easy to get tickets.
Thanks PL. I needed to use may/might as I was trying to express a possibility of going for myself.
Would could be used if I wanted to say something like, 'If I wasn't busy next month, we would go if the demonstration is still on and we feel it is possible to travel and get tickets.'. That means, if some condition was true there would be a possibility of my going. Is this what AlpheccaStars meant by 'stating a possibility'?
If I was sure to go, I would use will, as Clive suggested.
I am glad to have got to learn an extra point, but I intended to ask if both the sentences in the original question were grammatical. The sentence #2, 'We would go next month if the show still continues and if it would/will be easy to go.' remains to get confirmed for correctness. If it not possible as a sentence, could it be possible as a phrase?
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You should ask AS for further explanation about what she said. But from a purely grammatical viewpoint, 'would' can't be used in the first conditional to express possibility. g: I would go if it is open to the public .
- You should ask AS for further explanation about what she said.
- But from a purely grammatical viewpoint, 'would' can't be used in the first conditional to express possibility.
- g: I would go if it is open to the public .
- We have a mixed conditional sentence- type 2 + type1 .
- This type of sentence is used for giving someone a suggestion-- [ if I were you ,] I would do that if it is okay.
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You should ask AS for further explanation about what she said.
But from a purely grammatical viewpoint, 'would' can't be used in the first conditional to express possibility.
When we say e.g:
I would go if it is open to the public.
We have a mixed
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