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(, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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Although one is only considered half conditional, because it's something that'll happen for sure:
zero: If the sun comes out, the birds sing (certain)
first: If the sun comes out, I'll visit you (almost certain)
second: If I were a richman, I would buy a car (possible, but unlikely)
third: If I had been born rich, I would have had an helicopter (impossible)
(, Mon 6 Sep 2010, 10:47, 1 reply, 16 years ago)
Open is possible, closed is unlikely (also known as remote)
Of course you can have mixed, but I think that's only mixed tenses not mixed type. Shit I need to brush up on my Greek :(
(, Mon 6 Sep 2010, 10:48, Reply)
You can change If for When sometimes, though.
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