UPDATED: OCT 2021
If "X" happens, then "Y" can happen.
One "condition" depends on another "condition."
One "condition" depends on another "condition."
EXAMPLES:
If
- If I were you, I would study English in Colorado.
- If I had been you, I would have studied English in Colorado.
Can
- I can learn English.
- I could learn English faster if I studied more.
- I could have learned English faster if I had studied more when I was a kid.
Might / May
- I might open a AI consulting company if I can get the financing.
- Do you think the market will go up this year? It might, but it will depend on the China-US trade war.
- It may snow tomorrow. If it does, do you want to go skiing?
- Are you going to New York next week? I may, but not sure yet.
Should
- I should visit Hong Kong this year.
- I should have visited Hong Kong last year.
Would
- I would study in the US if I could get a scholarship.
- She would have studied in the US if she had gotten a scholarship.