Prototypical conditional sentences in English are those of the form "If X, then Y". The clause X is referred to as the antecedent (or protasis), while...

called the conditional mood – broadly equivalent in meaning to the English "would (do something)" – for use in some types of conditional sentences. There...

progressive, as well as the section on conditional sentences (and the main article on English conditional sentences). The active voice (where the verb's...

The conditional mood (abbreviated cond) is a grammatical mood used in conditional sentences to express a proposition whose validity is dependent on some...

sometimes "mixed conditional") sentences, as described under English conditional sentences. Examples: You would have got[ten] more money if you had worked...

guilty… (more common is am or should be; for more information see English conditional sentences). This usage is mostly old-fashioned or formal, although it...

he would give me a sign. For more information see English conditional sentences. Early Modern English often distinguished between second-person plural...

contributing anything to a conditional, concessive, or other meaning. In the terminology of The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language (which reserves...

these constructions, see English conditional sentences. The going-to construction, as well as other constructions used in English refer to future events...

over. Conditional sentence English grammar English irregular verbs English modal verbs English passive voice Wiktionary appendix: Irregular English verbs...

In the English language, an honorific is a form of address conveying esteem, courtesy or respect. These can be titles prefixing a person's name, e.g.:...

(preposition), a preposition used in English conditional sentences If (subordinator), a subordinator used for English subordinate interrogative clauses If...

the in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion...

information. Simple present is also used in zero conditional sentences in both parts of the sentence. Ice melts if you heat it. Plants die if they don't...

how ⟨ ⟩, | |, / /, and [ ] are used here, see this page. The articles in English are the definite article the and the indefinite articles a and an. They...

complementizer if and a preposition if.: 129  The preposition introduces a conditional meaning (e.g., if it works, that's great). Complementizers, though, have...

English grammar is the set of structural rules of the English language. This includes the structure of words, phrases, clauses, sentences, and whole texts...

in this case is the same as that used in other sentences for possessive pronouns. The following sentences illustrate the uses of whose: As the possessive...

conjunction if is omitted. More possibilities are given at English conditional sentences § Inversion in condition clauses. Subject–auxiliary inversion is...

see the questions section above. For negated elliptical sentences, see the elliptical sentences section below. The same principles as for question formation...

English collocations are a natural combination of words closely affiliated with each other. Some examples are "pay attention", "fast food", "make an effort"...

In the traditional grammar of Modern English, a phrasal verb typically constitutes a single semantic unit consisting of a verb followed by a particle...

English determiners (also known as determinatives): 354  are words – such as the, a, each, some, which, this, and numerals such as six – that are most...

is a noun phrase). When applied to sentences with participles, they produce ungrammatical sentences or sentences with completely different meanings....

this event, the conditional sentence to be enforced, the sentence for the offence committed during the probation period and the sentences of imprisonment...

subjunctive The main use of would is in conditional clauses (described in detail in the article on English conditional sentences): I would not be here if you hadn't...

understood from the individual meanings of its elements. For example, an English speaker would understand the phrase "kick the bucket" to mean "to die" –...

ungrammaticality of sentences like *What did John buy apples and? (where the asterisk indicates ungrammaticality) as opposed to the grammatical sentence What did...

Old English, but fell out of use during the Middle English period; therefore, Modern English largely does not have grammatical gender. Modern English lacks...

(woman/woman's), English personal pronouns have a number of forms, which are named according to their typical grammatical role in a sentence: objective (accusative)...