Using modal verbs with if construction sentences
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Are the sentences followed below correct and sound natural? Which one of them is correct and why?
If the time works for me, we’ll meet tomorrow.
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If the time would work, we’ll meet tomowrrow.
Can we use modals with if constructions?
For example:
1) If buying a VIP subscription could make one rich, I’m going to buy one now.
2) If buying a VIP subcription can make one rich, I’m going to buy one now.
Are the above sentences correct and natural?
What do they all sound like and mean to a native speaker or someone who’s proficient in English?
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Are the sentences followed below correct and sound natural? Which one of them is correct and why?
If the time works for me, we’ll meet tomorrow.
Vs
If the time would work, we’ll meet tomowrrow.
Can we use modals with if constructions?
For example:
1) If buying a VIP subscription could make one rich, I’m going to buy one now.
2) If buying a VIP subcription can make one rich, I’m going to buy one now.
Are the above sentences correct and natural?
What do they all sound like and mean to a native speaker or someone who’s proficient in English?
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Not very natural. For one thing, the formality levels are uneven. For instance, one is used to mean both generic me (which is very formal) and also to mean a VIP subscription, which is not. In the first sentence, I'm going to buy one right now does not make sense as a conclusion from a counterfactual could in the first clause, and it can only be counterfactual.
– John Lawler
yesterday
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Are the sentences followed below correct and sound natural? Which one of them is correct and why?
If the time works for me, we’ll meet tomorrow.
Vs
If the time would work, we’ll meet tomowrrow.
Can we use modals with if constructions?
For example:
1) If buying a VIP subscription could make one rich, I’m going to buy one now.
2) If buying a VIP subcription can make one rich, I’m going to buy one now.
Are the above sentences correct and natural?
What do they all sound like and mean to a native speaker or someone who’s proficient in English?
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Are the sentences followed below correct and sound natural? Which one of them is correct and why?
If the time works for me, we’ll meet tomorrow.
Vs
If the time would work, we’ll meet tomowrrow.
Can we use modals with if constructions?
For example:
1) If buying a VIP subscription could make one rich, I’m going to buy one now.
2) If buying a VIP subcription can make one rich, I’m going to buy one now.
Are the above sentences correct and natural?
What do they all sound like and mean to a native speaker or someone who’s proficient in English?
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Not very natural. For one thing, the formality levels are uneven. For instance, one is used to mean both generic me (which is very formal) and also to mean a VIP subscription, which is not. In the first sentence, I'm going to buy one right now does not make sense as a conclusion from a counterfactual could in the first clause, and it can only be counterfactual.
– John Lawler
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Not very natural. For one thing, the formality levels are uneven. For instance, one is used to mean both generic me (which is very formal) and also to mean a VIP subscription, which is not. In the first sentence, I'm going to buy one right now does not make sense as a conclusion from a counterfactual could in the first clause, and it can only be counterfactual.
– John Lawler
yesterday
Not very natural. For one thing, the formality levels are uneven. For instance, one is used to mean both generic me (which is very formal) and also to mean a VIP subscription, which is not. In the first sentence, I'm going to buy one right now does not make sense as a conclusion from a counterfactual could in the first clause, and it can only be counterfactual.
– John Lawler
yesterday
Not very natural. For one thing, the formality levels are uneven. For instance, one is used to mean both generic me (which is very formal) and also to mean a VIP subscription, which is not. In the first sentence, I'm going to buy one right now does not make sense as a conclusion from a counterfactual could in the first clause, and it can only be counterfactual.
– John Lawler
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Not very natural. For one thing, the formality levels are uneven. For instance, one is used to mean both generic me (which is very formal) and also to mean a VIP subscription, which is not. In the first sentence, I'm going to buy one right now does not make sense as a conclusion from a counterfactual could in the first clause, and it can only be counterfactual.
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