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  1. If I have the money, I'll buy one.

  2. If I had the money, I'd buy one.




I think the second one is about the subjunctive mood but not sure about what the first one is about and what it means exactly.



Thank you.






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  • Suppose you are running a clothing stall, someone is looking carefully at a rack of shirts. They ask you the price. Your tell them. Which of the two responses would you rather receive: 1 or 2?

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  • I would rather receive the first one. It is because for the first one, the probability of the speaker buying the item would be higher.

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  1. If I have the money, I'll buy one.

  2. If I had the money, I'd buy one.




I think the second one is about the subjunctive mood but not sure about what the first one is about and what it means exactly.



Thank you.






grammar







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  • Suppose you are running a clothing stall, someone is looking carefully at a rack of shirts. They ask you the price. Your tell them. Which of the two responses would you rather receive: 1 or 2?

    – Tuffy
    7 hours ago











  • I would rather receive the first one. It is because for the first one, the probability of the speaker buying the item would be higher.

    – kimXU
    4 hours ago














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  1. If I have the money, I'll buy one.

  2. If I had the money, I'd buy one.




I think the second one is about the subjunctive mood but not sure about what the first one is about and what it means exactly.



Thank you.






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  1. If I have the money, I'll buy one.

  2. If I had the money, I'd buy one.




I think the second one is about the subjunctive mood but not sure about what the first one is about and what it means exactly.



Thank you.






grammar




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  • Suppose you are running a clothing stall, someone is looking carefully at a rack of shirts. They ask you the price. Your tell them. Which of the two responses would you rather receive: 1 or 2?

    – Tuffy
    7 hours ago











  • I would rather receive the first one. It is because for the first one, the probability of the speaker buying the item would be higher.

    – kimXU
    4 hours ago



















  • Suppose you are running a clothing stall, someone is looking carefully at a rack of shirts. They ask you the price. Your tell them. Which of the two responses would you rather receive: 1 or 2?

    – Tuffy
    7 hours ago











  • I would rather receive the first one. It is because for the first one, the probability of the speaker buying the item would be higher.

    – kimXU
    4 hours ago

















Suppose you are running a clothing stall, someone is looking carefully at a rack of shirts. They ask you the price. Your tell them. Which of the two responses would you rather receive: 1 or 2?

– Tuffy
7 hours ago





Suppose you are running a clothing stall, someone is looking carefully at a rack of shirts. They ask you the price. Your tell them. Which of the two responses would you rather receive: 1 or 2?

– Tuffy
7 hours ago













I would rather receive the first one. It is because for the first one, the probability of the speaker buying the item would be higher.

– kimXU
4 hours ago





I would rather receive the first one. It is because for the first one, the probability of the speaker buying the item would be higher.

– kimXU
4 hours ago










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The first sentence is an adverbial clause of condition and the second one is in subjunctive mood.



The first sentence shows a higher probability of the speaker buying the goods while the second one is more of a wish which might be hard to fulfil.






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    The first sentence shows a higher probability of the speaker buying the goods while the second one is more of a wish which might be hard to fulfil.






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