Which of the following is correct?
- Put these sunglasses on – then it would look more realistic.
- Put these sunglasses on – then it will look more realistic.
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2The first wrongly pairs irrealis 'would' with an instruction; 'If you put these sunglasses on it would look more realistic' shows the normal conditional structure.– Edwin AshworthDec 2, 2020 at 12:10
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thank you for the explanation. so you can't use would after instruction . can you please elaborate it.– Geethanjali KotaruDec 2, 2020 at 12:34
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@Edwin: You can indeed use would after instructions, if they're phrased as suggestions: You might want to put these sunglasses on – then it would look more realistic.– Peter ShorDec 2, 2020 at 12:39
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@ Peter Shor thank you for rephrasing .can you replace the phrase without "might" using would– Geethanjali KotaruDec 2, 2020 at 12:43
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@Peter The first wrongly pairs irrealis 'would' with an instruction in the usual imperative.– Edwin AshworthDec 2, 2020 at 16:58
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