0Hi,02br 02br 00i have some questions on the subject of present unreal conditionals and hope you would be able to help me.02br 02br 001. I would play chess more if I didn't listen to pop music so much.02br 02br 00If the sentence had the word 'had' in the 'if' clause, then I would have considered it a second conditional talking about what 'I' would do presently in the unreal situation like my two example sentences below. For the kind of sentence above with the 'did' in the 'if' clause, I feel it looks to be a sentence that talks about what would happen if something did or did not happen with no sense of unreality.02br 02br 002. I would play chess more if I hadn't gone to a trip last week -- I think this is a mixed conditional talking about what 'I' would be doing now if I didn't take a trip last week.02br 02br 003. I would play chess more if I had more time. -- I think this is a typical second conditional. 02br 02br 00Sorry, but I have one more question: For the type of no. 3, sometimes, it is hard for me to distinguish if the same sentence is taking about a present unreal conditional or a future unreal conditional when the modal 'would' is in the main clause. 0-
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1i001. I 01b00would play02b00 chess more if I 01b00didn't listen02b00 to pop music so much. 02i01font00But I 01b00listen02b00 a lot ...02font02br 02br 01i003. I 01b00would play02b00 chess more if I 01b00had 02
01cite10Believer12cite10 I would play chess more if I didn't listen to pop music so much.12blockquote
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01cite10Believer12cite10For the kind of sentence above with the 'did' in the 'if' clause, I feel it looks to be a sentence that talks about what would happen if
0Hi Believer02br 00Maybe making the wording more specific will also help you understand.02br 00Let's say that the following sentences describe your habits factually (i.e. the sentences tell you what is "real"):02br 001. I play chess one hour a day. 02br 002. I listen to pop music four hours a day. 02br 00If the sentences above are "re
0Thank you, Marius, Yankee and CalifJim02br 02br 00Please tell why MrPedantic said what he said in this response post of his for a threat named 'Type 2 and type 3 of "If clause"' in regard to no. 1 sentence and does it exhibit any relevance to my line of inquiry.02br 02br 00MrPedantic wrote:02br 02br 001. It would be nicer, if you did X
0>01i001. It would be nicer, if you did X.02i02br 00This is 01b00Present02b00 Unreal Conditional02br 05002br 01i00It would have been nicer, if you had done X.02i02br 00This is 01b00Past02b00 Unreal Conditional02br 05100] 02br 00MrP's com
0Hi Marius, 02br 02br 00How could say MrP's comment is good when what he said is this?02br 02br 00#1 is open: it relates to a course of action that the speaker thinks desirable, at any time.02br 02br 00It looks like he is talking about a generic conditional sentence where no hypothical is involved.02br 02br 00Thank y