Conditional Clauses : Improbable Situation and Imaginary Situations

a. Improbable Situations 1. WRONG : If the meeting would be cancelled, they would ring. CORRECT : If the meeting was cancelled, they would ring. 2. WRONG : If I would do it , I would do it this way. CORRECT : If I did it, I would do it this way. When referring to something that is possible but unlikely to happen, we use past tense for the if clause, and would / could for the main clause.

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