Future Conditional

 "I will update my ESL blog when I have more time", I promised a group of students. That day has arrived. We'll take a look at the future conditional and other future time clauses.

Mixed Conditionals

 We've covered the zero conditional and the first, second, and third conditional. If I hadn't done a lesson on mixed conditionals last week, I wouldn't be writing this post now. 

The Zero Conditional

Tom: The printer has jammed again. What do I do?
Chantal: When there's a paper jam, call Noel in tech support.
Tom: But, it's easy to fix.
Chantal: I know, but it's company policy. If the boss sees anyone trying to fix the printer, he gets upset.

Conditionals: 1st, 2nd, 3rd

If you have ever wondered how to use if and the second conditional, you would start reading this post right now. If you read this post, you'll also learn about the first conditional. I wouldn't have started writing this post, if I had written about the third conditional earlier😆!

Grammatical Correctness VS Conversational English

First, let's me just say: having good grammar is important, but, in the goal in learning and using any language is communication. So, today, we're going to look at examples of where conversational English isn't always grammatically correct but is still okay.

Business English: Negotiation Language

Today's post is all about the language of negotiation. We'll go over the English expressions and grammar for agreeing/disagreeing, making a proposal/counter-proposal, and presenting options.