Content tagged with "certainty, permission"
2 item(s) found.Modals in the main clause of second conditional sentences
Instead of would here we can use could (permission or ability), might (certainty/uncertainty) or should (obligation).
If you were taller, you could play for the Lakers.
If you weren’t under 18, I should punish you.
Modals in the main clause of first conditional sentences
Instead of will here we can use may/might (certainty/uncertainty), may (permission), can (permission or ability) or must/should (obligation).
