From Contribution: Adverbial subordinators in European languages
'if p, q': proposed subdivision: (i) "real" conditions: refer to present, past or future situations for which it is unresolved whether or not they are, were, or will be true (e.g. If John is in Berlin, he is staying in a hotel; If Mary visited her parents yesterday, she should know about their problems; In case they are late, we can always sit in the bar.) (ii) hypothetical conditions: refer to imagined situations which might happen (e.g. If I met Nelson Mandela, I would ask him about the future of South Africa.) (iii) counterfactual conditions: refer to imagined situations which did not or could not happen; not-p is presupposed (e.g. If Mary had visited her parents yesterday, she would have known about their problems.)
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