BDX777
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Here is a piece of grammar book, which I hope quoted correctly, "when we use "should" after if, this makes the possibility of an event seem unlikely"
My question is what for. Why do we create sentece like "If you should see Ann, could you ask her to call me?". If we can use "if you saw Ann, would you ask her to call me?"
And here "If I were to ask you to marry me, what would you do?" when we can use "If I asked you to marry me, what would you do?"
"happen to" this emphasises chance possibilities
Does it mean "If you happen to go to a shop, buy me some food" has more chance to be done than " If you go to a shop, buy me some food"
My question is what for. Why do we create sentece like "If you should see Ann, could you ask her to call me?". If we can use "if you saw Ann, would you ask her to call me?"
And here "If I were to ask you to marry me, what would you do?" when we can use "If I asked you to marry me, what would you do?"
"happen to" this emphasises chance possibilities
Does it mean "If you happen to go to a shop, buy me some food" has more chance to be done than " If you go to a shop, buy me some food"