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Originally posted by JungleDisturbia
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Saying IF is just as confirmative (is that even a word?  ) as saying MAYBE. Also he could have easily said "keep dreamin" instread of teasing. It's real. |
The contrary-to-fact present conditional, often referred to as the "second conditional" or "conditional 2", is used to refer to a current state or event
that is known to be false or improbable. The past subjunctive (or in colloquial English, simply the past tense) must be used:
If she were [colloq. was] at work today, she would know how to deal with this client.
If I were [colloq. was] the king, I could have you thrown in the dungeon.
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