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If-then construction SC

by r2kins » Sun Oct 07, 2012 12:13 am
If empire is the backdrop of Britain's foreign entanglements, it would also be implicated in the country's exposure to another great debacle, the financial crash

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If empire is the backdrop of Britain's foreign entanglements, it is also implicated in the country's exposure to another great debacle, the financial crash


Q: How do you decide which if-then construction to use here?
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by Kasia@EconomistGMAT » Wed Oct 10, 2012 3:21 am
What is the source of this question?
Notice that "then" is not used in any of the sentences.
This is an example of 1st Conditional.
It should be formed according to the following pattern:

IF + Present Simple, Future Simple or Present Simple
(condition) (result)
The first sentence uses the wrong form "would + base verb form" in the result clause.
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