If the condition so requires, a public holiday would be a working day.

[Tan Elaine]

If the condition so requires, a public holiday would be a working day.

Should 'will' be used instead? Thanks.

 

[engloshy]

First of all, your sentence is incorrect grammatically, how ?! When you want to use "if" with would, the " if clause" must be in past present and the result clause has "would". In addition, I am kind of unfamiliar with that use of "the" in your sentence.

Anyhow, It depends on what you aim to say "your intention". So, in your provided sentence, seams the condition would not happen or require. But, if you want to see that the condition does probably happen/require, you will use "will". Therefore, using "would" with "if" statement, stands for a thing would not happen as a normal or expected deed. Use this page for further help Conditionals

 

[vidplaylist]

If the condition so requires, a public holiday would be a working day.

Should 'will' be used instead? Thanks.

I am also struggling with real and unreal situation to decide whether to use will or would. Let see someone can help us.

 

[konungursvia]

As a whole, it's quite an unclear sentence.

 

[emsr2d2]

It's an odd sentence. A public holiday is, by definition, not a working day (ie everyone is allowed to not work that day, regardless of what day of the week it is). I wonder if they mean that they would be happy to allow a public holiday to fall on what would normally be a working day (Monday to Friday, inclusive). However, since the whole point of a public holiday is that it's usually a working day on which no-one has to work, I see little point in them wondering that.

Where did you find this sentence?

 

[Tan Elaine]

Thanks. emsr.

It is a sentence written by a friend of mine. I posted it to check whether the sentence is in order.

 

[Barb_D]

As you can tell, it caused confusion and we didn't know what it was supposed to mean.

 

[Tan Elaine]

Thanks, Barb.

I will let my friend know that her sentence doesn't make sense.

 

[Chicken Sandwich]

I do not find the sentence confusing. To me it means that if need be, people are expected to come to work on a public holiday.

 

[Rover_KE]

First of all, your sentence is incorrect grammatically, how ?! When you want to use "if" with would, the " if clause" must be in past present and the result clause has "would". In addition, I am kind of unfamiliar with that use of "the" in your sentence.

Engloshy, please read this extract from the forum's Posting Guidelines:

You are welcome to answer questions posted in the Ask a Teacher forum as long as your suggestions, help, and advice reflect a good understanding of the English language. If you are not a teacher, you will need to state that clearly at the top of your post.

Rover

 

[MikeNewYork]

I agree with Chicken Sandwich. The only thing I would change is the beginning: If the conditions so require...
This sounds like a part of or an explanation of a law or policy.

 

[Barb_D]

Then say something like "It may be necessary to work on holidays."

 

[engloshy]

Where is my answer??!! The guy asked about grammar, and I answered them correctly grammatically. You guys are talking about the meaning. It is extremely wrong for you. You must focus on grammar. For instance, My " big elephant flew yesterday ". Is it a correct sentence? Yes, it is. Do not care about the real life, our point is GRAMMAR.

Anyway. I do not know where is my respond.

 

[emsr2d2]

Where is my answer?[STRIKE]?!![/STRIKE] The guy asked about grammar, and I answered them correctly grammatically. You guys are talking about the meaning. It is extremely wrong [strike]for[/strike] of you. You must focus on grammar. For instance, My " big elephant flew yesterday ". Is it a correct sentence? Yes, it is. Do not care about the real life, our point is GRAMMAR.

Anyway. I do not know where [STRIKE]is[/STRIKE] my [STRIKE]respond[/STRIKE] response is.

I don't know where you got the idea that we only focus on grammar on this site. That is incorrect. We look at every aspect of a post: capitalisation, punctuation, grammar and meaning. We correct and comment on all of those aspects. I don't know what response you are referring to. I can't see a missing post anywhere on this thread. One of your responses was deleted by another moderator on another thread because it was unhelpful and incorrect.

I notice that you are failing to start all your posts with "I am not a teacher" as required by the forum guidelines.

 

[Barb_D]

There is very little point in writing a grammatical sentence if the meaning is not what you intended it to be.

 

[konungursvia]

I do not find the sentence confusing. To me it means that if need be, people are expected to come to work on a public holiday.

It's very clear that something like that is intended. We all see that. It's just that the sentence is so poorly constructed as to leave most of the meaning out. Obviously it is a legal notice, a condition of employment.

Does it refer to market conditions? A previously mentioned condition, such as a medical condition? The number of customers in a boutique? The number of credit card transactions per day at Sogo in Wan Chai? The stock markets internationally?

And what of the public holiday becoming a working day? Does this refer to the entire nation? From now on? Or just to the employees of one company? For just the one day?

The sentence is absolute pifflesnort.

 

[emsr2d2]

Ah, pifflesnort. My new word of the week!

 

[Tan Elaine]

What is the meaning of pifflesnort?

 

[tzfujimino]

What is the meaning of pifflesnort?

Hello.:-D

I think konungursvia means "The sentence is absolute nonsense".
I don't think there's such a word as "pifflesnort" in English.
Definitions of pifflesnort - OneLook Dictionary Search
"pifflesnort" is indeed "nonsense", don't you think?

:-D

 

[SoothingDave]

It's an odd sentence. A public holiday is, by definition, not a working day (ie everyone is allowed to not work that day, regardless of what day of the week it is). I wonder if they mean that they would be happy to allow a public holiday to fall on what would normally be a working day (Monday to Friday, inclusive). However, since the whole point of a public holiday is that it's usually a working day on which no-one has to work, I see little point in them wondering that.

Where did you find this sentence?

Surely some people work on Holidays. There have to be hospitals and trains and power plants. The original post seems to me to be stating that sometimes you will need to work on a holiday.