factual or counter factual conditional?

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keannu

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I learned in a grammar book that conditionals are not affected by tense, but the following is confusing. Is it conditional1(factual conditional) to mean something that could possibly occur in the past or conditional2(counter-factual conditional) to mean something that can not possbily occur. Or does it depend?

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[FONT=&#44404]Mel- I thought if I opened myself up to him, that if I took a risk and told him my secret, [/FONT][FONT=&#44404]it would show him how much I believed in him.[/FONT]

[FONT=&#44404]Another example would be like this.[/FONT]
[FONT=&#44404]He says "I would go if I were not ill"[/FONT]
[FONT=&#44404]=> He said that he would go if he were not ill.[/FONT]
 
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Conditional 1 talks about events that may happen in the future.
Conditional 2 talks about imaginary present events (impossible) and future events that are unlikely to happen.
 

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Conditional 1 talks about events that may happen in the future.
Conditional 2 talks about imaginary present events (impossible) and future events that are unlikely to happen.

I asked which one it is....not the description of conditionals.
 
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