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conditional clause Definition: A type of?adverbial clause?that states a hypothesis or condition, real or imagined. A conditional clause may be introduced by the?subordinating conjunction?if?or another conjunction, such as?unless, provided that,or?in case of. Like other adverbial clauses, a conditional clause can come either before or after the clause?on which it states a condition. Examples and Observations: If you want a friend in Washington,?get a dog.(Harry Truman) If we had no winter,?the spring would not be so pleasant;?if we did not sometimes taste of adversity,?prosperity would not be so welcome.(Anne Bradstreet, Meditations Divine and Moral) Romans park their cars the way I would park?if I had just spilled a beaker of hydrochloric acid on my lap.(Bill Bryson,?Neither Here Nor There: Travels in Europe. William Morrow, 1992)  If I had only known,?I would have been a locksmith.(Albert Einstein)  Conditions?deal with imagined situations: some are possible, some are unlikely, some are impossible. The speaker/writer imagines that something can or cannot happen or have happened, and then compares that situation with possible consequences or outcomes, or offers further logical conclusions about the situation.(R. Carter,?Cambridge Grammar of English. Cambridge Univ. Press, 2006)  Types of Conditional ClausesThere are six main types of?conditional sentence: For example, the equilibrium between liquid and vapor is upset?if the temperature is increased.(General rule, or law of nature: it always happens.)  If you start thinking about this game,?it will drive you crazy.(Open future condition: it may or may not happen.)  But?if you really wanted to be on Malibu Beach,?youd be there.(Unlikely future condition: it probably wont happen.)  If I were you,?I would go to the conference center itself and ask to see someone in security.(Impossible future condition: it could never happen.)  I would have resigned?if they had made the decision themselves,?she said.