Inversion First conditional
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Message de jojo7139 posté le 13-01-2026 à 15:45:22 (S | E | F)
Hello Everyone
INVERSION
Please could you tell me why in the course it is said :
First Conditional : If + sujet + présent simple, will + infinitif devient Should + sujet + infinitif,...
If you learn a lot of English, you will be able to speak like a native one day. -> Should you learn a lot of English,..
And in other course it is said :
Would you need advice, please read the manual first carefully (= In case you need advice, .... or If you need advice, .... )
Ici on peut dire que c'est un conditionnel zéro If + present, present
Mais dans cet autre exemple c'est le first conditional :
Would Sally be late again (If Sally is late again), we will fire her and she can look for another job.
I would like to know if we have to use SHOULD or WOULD for the first conditional with inversion
And for the zero conditional Would or should?,
Thank you in advance
Message de jojo7139 posté le 13-01-2026 à 15:45:22 (S | E | F)
Hello Everyone
INVERSION
Please could you tell me why in the course it is said :
First Conditional : If + sujet + présent simple, will + infinitif devient Should + sujet + infinitif,...
If you learn a lot of English, you will be able to speak like a native one day. -> Should you learn a lot of English,..
And in other course it is said :
Would you need advice, please read the manual first carefully (= In case you need advice, .... or If you need advice, .... )
Ici on peut dire que c'est un conditionnel zéro If + present, present
Mais dans cet autre exemple c'est le first conditional :
Would Sally be late again (If Sally is late again), we will fire her and she can look for another job.
I would like to know if we have to use SHOULD or WOULD for the first conditional with inversion
And for the zero conditional Would or should?,
Thank you in advance
Réponse : Inversion First conditional de gerondif, postée le 13-01-2026 à 19:46:01 (S | E)
Bonjour
Dans vos exemples, je préfère should à would.
Ça me rappelle le cours suivant sur le choix de shall ou de will, auxiliaires de volonté plus que de futur.
Will reflète la volonté du sujet du verbe alors que shall reflète la volonté du locuteur, de celui qui parle.
She will stay at home although I allowed her to go to the party. Elle s’obstiné.
She shall stay at home ! La volonté du locuteur s’impose à elle.
Would me paraît faiblard dans vos phrases, j’utiliserais should.
Réponse : Inversion First conditional de jojo7139, postée le 14-01-2026 à 08:43:28 (S | E)
Thanks a lot Gerondif
Therefore in this exercise n°130131 : Conditionnel inversé,sans IF
Putting Should instead of Would would be better ?
In zero and first conditional, is the inversion the same?
Thanks in advance
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