keannu
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When there's no if-clause in conditionals, like if it is replaced only by a noun phrase like "A school which is genuinely concerned about the welfare of its students" followed by "would", is it a real conditional(conditional1) or an unreal conditional(conditional2) or hard to define? Does "A school which is genuinely concerned about the welfare of its students" denote a likely school(predictive, conditional1) or a counterfactual school(conditional2)?
If it refers to a counterfactual one that does not exist, and to the contrary, if you use "will", does it become a predicitve real conditional to mean "there can be such a school"?
ex)For elementary schoolchildren, recess is just as important as science or math class. However, many schools across the nation aren't giving students enough opportunity to play outside. A school which is genuinely concerned about the welfare of its students would understand the importance of recess. Kids learn about teamwork and sportsmanship when they play together. In my opinion, all the tests in the world coudln't teach a child social skills as well as an hour of recess each day.....
If it refers to a counterfactual one that does not exist, and to the contrary, if you use "will", does it become a predicitve real conditional to mean "there can be such a school"?
ex)For elementary schoolchildren, recess is just as important as science or math class. However, many schools across the nation aren't giving students enough opportunity to play outside. A school which is genuinely concerned about the welfare of its students would understand the importance of recess. Kids learn about teamwork and sportsmanship when they play together. In my opinion, all the tests in the world coudln't teach a child social skills as well as an hour of recess each day.....
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, The following's "couldn't" seems to mean an unlikely or counterfactual assumption(conditional2), but "all the tests in the world" doesn't seem to denote an impossible thing as we can think of "all the tests", so this may sound a play on words. I can roughly understand what it means, but to analyze it, I need to know it for sure.
