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Your child might/could do better

English Language & Usage Asked on February 11, 2021

  1. Your child might do better if she got/had a different teacher.

  2. Your child could do better if she got/had a different teacher.

Q: Are 1) and 2) both pure second conditionals or is sentence 1) a mixed 1st/2nd conditional?

One Answer

I found these two explanations that might help you: Conditional forms & mixed conditional

From what I understand from those two sites, the answer would be that 1 and 2 are both pure second conditionals since the result clause is "might" and the conditional clause is in the simple past!

Though I'm a bit confused as to why it's "got/had", "got" doesn't make any sense to me, so I answered your question by assuming the conditional clause is "if she had a different teacher".

Answered by Cyhiraeth on February 11, 2021

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