There are several types of conditionals in argumentation and the following are below!
CONDITIONALS IN ARGUMENTATION – Here are the types of conditionals in argumentation, the meaning, and corresponding examples.
The conditionals in an argument play a crucial role both in logical argumentation and written communication. It displays a cause and effect relationship by presenting one’s reasoning to change another point of view over a certain topic or idea. And in a conditional argument, there must be a premise and a conclusion – the two clauses in common. It could be in the form to give advice, expressing regret, and discussing facts, among other things.
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The two clauses are the If clause and the Main Clause or also called the Result Clause. Don’t forget to place your comma if the sentence starts with “If”.
Example: If I were you, I would study harder for my test.
If clause (If I were you) – the condition
Main Clause (I would study harder for my test) – the result of the condition
TYPES OF CONDITIONAL SENTENCES:
- Type Zero (describe general facts, truths, and events)
Main Clause: Present Simple + If Clause: Present Simple
The “If” part can be replaced by “When”.
Examples:
- A red light comes on if you press the main button.
- If you heat water, it boils.
- When you heat ice, it melts.
- Type 1 (describe real and possible situations in the future)
Main Clause: will + infinitive + If Clause: Present Simple
Examples:
- If I study, I’ll pass my test.
- If we get the money for this job, we will buy a house.
- We will stay at home if it rains.
- Type 2 (describes a future unreal condition or the hypothetical condition)
Main Clause: would + infinitive+ If Clause: Past Simple
Examples:
- If I were rich, I would live in a palace.
- If he were rich, he‘d buy an island.
- If I were you I would accept the offer.
- If he were in your place he would do it.
- Type 3 (describe the past unreal conditional or the past events we regret and miss and wish we could change)
Main Clause
Main Clause: would + perfect infinite + If Clause: Past Perfect
Examples:
- If I had gone to medical school, I would have become a doctor.
- Would you have helped me if I had asked you?
- If I hadn’t been late for school, the teacher wouldn’t have gotten furious.
- Mixed Conditionals (describe an impossible situation in the past and its result in the present)
Main Clause: Past perfect + If Clause: Present Conditional
Examples:
- The team would have won in the match yesterday if they were good players.
- If he had taught me how to bake cake last week, I wouldn’t have to buy them in a bake shop today.
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