View Poll Results: Which is less likely?

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  • Should you see her, please ask her to call me.

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  1. 17-Aug-2003, 00:20 #1
    Tdol
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    Default The First Conditional

    In British English, 'should' is usually less likely than 'if'.
  2. 17-Aug-2003, 00:41 #2
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    Same here in America - at least where I live.
  3. 17-Aug-2003, 01:20 #3
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    On another forum, when I suggested the usage, someone suggested that it might be more common in BE.
  4. 17-Aug-2003, 01:37 #4
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    I thought it would be too. It sounds British for some reason. Don't ask me why - I couldn't tell you.
  5. 17-Aug-2003, 02:05 #5
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    It could easily be said with a plummy accent?
  6. 17-Aug-2003, 02:16 #6
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    I have no idea why, but yes.
  7. 17-Aug-2003, 16:31 #7
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    Hollywood?
  8. 17-Aug-2003, 19:02 #8
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    Perhaps. Their influence is ubiquitous, you know.
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