CONDITIONAL CLAUSES : Improbable Situations

Improbable Situations

1.

WRONG : If the meeting would be cancelled, they would ring.

CORRECT : If the meeting was cancelled, they would ring.

2.

WRONG : If I would do it , I would do it this way.

CORRECT : If I did it, I would do it this way.

When referring to something that is possible but unlikely to happen, we use past tense for the if clause, and would / could for the main clause.