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So I amgoingtosharethevideomyself, andthen I'm goingtogetstartedtoday.
We'regoingtobeginwith a very, uh, basicintroductionon, andthatwillbetomakerequestswithwillandwould.
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Solet's getgoing.
So I wanttobegintodaybytalkingaboutmakingrequestswithwillandwould.
A lotofyouhaveaskedmethis, actually, intheaskAliciaSiri's I mentionedbefore, I'vereceived a lotofquestionslike, What's thedifferencebetweenwillandwouldinlikerequestpatternswhen I wanttoasksomeoneforhelp?
Theshortanswergrammaticallythere's not a differenceliketheybothachievethesamething, sowecanusebothwillandwoodtobeginrequests.
Sohere's anexampleofah, would a writtenexampleof a woodrequesttorequestthatbeginswithwood?
Wouldyougiveme a callorperhapssomethinglike, Wouldyougiveme a callwhenyouhavetime?
Sothistomesounds a littlebitmoreformalthanwillyougiveme a callsoyoucanuseYoucanchoose, whichisthebestforyoursituation.
Somaybeyouhave, like, a verykindofformalrelationshipwithyourcoworkerswiththepeopleatyourofficeorthepeopleatyourschoolinthosecases, ifyouwanttosoundmorepolitewhenyoumakeyourrequests, I wouldsuggestusingwouldusewould.
Ifyou're a littlebitclosertothepeoplethatyou'rewithorifit's a verysmallrequestisnot a bigdeallikethisis a smallrequest.
Willyoupleaseclosethedoor?
Ifit's a smallrequest, it's easytotakecareof.
I wouldprobablychoosetousewillinthosecasesinsteadofwood.
Soyeah, biggerrequestsormorepolitesituations I choosewouldsmallerrequestspeople I'm closerto.
I probablyusewill I willandfeelfreetosendyourquestionsinthechat.
I willtrytocheckthemlife I havenotseenanyyet.
Okay, I alsowanttomentionthenthisotherotherpatterns I haveyourother.
I havethis, uh, woulditbepossibletoinfinitiveverbpattern?
I wantedtointroducethispatternbecauseit's anindirectrequestpatternthatsoundsmorepolite.
Anditalso I feellike, uh, justsoundsmoreprofessionallikeyourYoureallyareconsideringtheotherperson's time A littlebit.
So, forexample, I mightsaysomethinglike, woulditbepossibleThioarrange a meetingfornextweek?
Thattomeitsoundsmuchmoreprofessionalthanlike, Wouldyoupleasearrange a meetingfornextweek?
Soifyouwatchedanyofmylessonsaboutconditionalsentences, youknowthere's anifKlaussopartofthesentencethatusesifwhichishere, thispartismyIfKlausSothekeyhereisthathasbe, ifin a sentenceandthenthesecondpartof a conditionalisthispartrighthere?
Thispartiscalledthemainclauseclause.
Sotherearethesetwopartstothissentence.
ThestoKlausisimportanttonote.
And a verycommonmistakethat I seeinlearnersismanypeopleusewillintheIfKlausyoucannotusewillintheofcourseyoucannotusewillyoucannotusewon't inyourifKlauspleaseuseitinyourmainclauseonLee.
Sowhatdoweusethispatternfor?
WeusethisconditionALSwithwillorwithwon't.
Whenthere's a chanceoftheactionhappening, there's actually a chanceofsomethinghappeningthatmeanslikeit's notimpossible.
So, uh, thisisitlooks a lotlikeparttwotodayConditionALSwithwill.
However, thereissomekeygrammaticaldifferences, Sothatmeanstherearesomeveryimportantdifferencesingrammarandthesechangesingrammarcommunicatedifferentideastoo.
I didn't writeitontheboardbefore I started, so I'llwriteitnow.
Onemorepointissomethinglikethis.
If I wererich, I wouldbuy a house.
Okay, Thisoneisandkindoflikeanirregularexample.
Thereasonthat I wanttotalkaboutthisisbecauseofthispointrighthere.
Thisif I wererich, Solotsofpeoplearelike, Should I useif I wasorif I were, what's thedeal?
Soif I wereiscorrecthere.
Thisiskindof, uh, trickypoint, butweuseif I workinthiscaseupweuse.
It's justkindofthinkof.
Thisislike a setpattern.
If I were, weuseittorefertoanunrealsituationweuseif I waastotalkabout a pastsituation.
Forexample, if I wasnoisylastnight, I apologizelikeyou'retalkingto a neighbourafter a bigpartyorsomethingandyouwanttosay, like, ah, if I wasnoisylastnight, I apologize.
Sothatmeans I don't knowif I wasnoisy.
I don't knowif, likemyhousepartywasnoisy.
If I wasnoisy, I apologize.
Thatmeansthere's a chance.
I wasnoisylastnightinthissituation, though.
If I weresomething.
We'retalkingaboutanunrealsituation.
Sowhenyouwanttoexpress a conditionlikethisusedtheif I wereusedtheif I weren't pattern, youcandothesamethingwithheandsheifhewere, ifshewereandsoon.