What is the conditional?
The conditional is a type of grammar which is used to explain consequences. A conditional says that if something is true, then something else will be true also. For example If you are reading this, you are using a computer. You can see that from this conditional that I know you are reading this, and because this is on an internet website, you can’t read it without a computer. so I know that because you are reading this, you are using a computer. In the same way I can say: If you were born before 1957, you are over 50 years old. I know this is true, because it is not possible to be born before 1957 and NOT be over 50 years old. So being over 50 years old is a consequence of being born before 1957. You will see that the sentence does not say that you are over 50 years old, or that you are born before 1957, but it does say that if the first part of the conditional is true, then the second part is also true. To give one last example, I might say: If your English is perfect, you can stop re
