LESSON 13/10

*English grammar is about distance:
1)Distance in TIME = past--present--future
2)Distance in REALITY = a) unreal/past/possible--Past Perfect Tenses
b) unreal/unlikely/present--Past Tenses
c) real/likely/present--Present Tenses
3)Distance in RELATIONSHIP = a) close/informal--Present
b) distant/formal--Past forms

*New words:
Receipt=scontrino
Retailer=il negoziante/quello che vende
to refund=rimborsare

*Conditionals:
grade 0 = PRESENT+PRESENT If I see a lion I shot it.
sure/real/laws and rights
grade 1 = PRESENT+FUTURE If I see a lion I shot it.
present and future possibility/real
grade 2 = PAST SIMPLE/CONT.+COND. If I saw a lion I would shot it.
pres. and fut. poss./unreal
grade 3 = P. P.+PAST COND. If I had saw I lion I would have shot it.
past/unreal possibility
grade 2/3 = If I were taller I would have played basketball.
hypothetical/present-before
grade 3/2 = If I have gone to a better school I would be a lawyer now.
hypothetical/past-now

*8 conditional tenses:
1) If you want to return an item it must remain in a sealable condition.
2) The vendor must refund you if you have bought a faulty item.
3) If you bought a good on the Internet you should return it to a high street outlet.
4) If you return unwanted goods, you will probably pay unless the retailer...
5) If you are not happy with a purchase, Argos refund you.
6) If I had not bougt that fault goods, now I would not have been disappointed.
7) If I were not busy, I would have gone to the party.
8) If I had gone to the party last night, today I would feel tired.