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[FONT='Arial','sans-serif']Provided[/font][FONT='Arial','sans-serif'] you carry on like this, you should do well.[/font]
[FONT='Arial','sans-serif']I saw this sentence in quizz of conditional.[/font]
[FONT='Arial','sans-serif']I guess it means, like, "If you carry on like this, you should do well."[/font]
[FONT='Arial','sans-serif']Am I correct? I tried to search explaination myself, but not found any.[/font]

[FONT='Arial','sans-serif']Suppose [/font][FONT='Arial','sans-serif']he came, what would you do?[/font]
[FONT='Arial','sans-serif']Does this one mean, "If he came, what would you do?"?[/font]
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[FONT='Arial','sans-serif']Provided[/font][FONT='Arial','sans-serif'] you carry on like this, you should do well.[/font]
[FONT='Arial','sans-serif']I saw this sentence in quizz of conditional.[/font]
[FONT='Arial','sans-serif']I guess it means, like, "If you carry on like this, you should do well."[/font]
[FONT='Arial','sans-serif']Am I correct? I tried to search explaination myself, but not found any.[/font]

[FONT='Arial','sans-serif']Suppose [/font][FONT='Arial','sans-serif']he came, what would you do?[/font]
[FONT='Arial','sans-serif']Does this one mean, "If he came, what would you do?"?[/font]

Hi there!
I think the copying & pasting has interfered here but I think I can make out your examples.
You are correct in both your assumptions.
"Provided (that)" means "as long as these conditions are met", but basically "if".
"Suppose" is like "imagine" and sets up a hypothetical situation as "if" does.

Well done!
Fiona
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