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When we want to predict something conditional about the future (what we think might happen), we can use the present tense in the if clause and will or be going + the base form of the verb in the result clause.
- If Jeffrey grows any taller, the basketball coach is going to recruit him for the team.
- If he doesn't grow more, the coach will ignore him.
On the other hand, the hypothetical conditional allows us to express quite unlikely situations or situations that are downright impossible.
- If I boxed against Evander Holyfield, he would kill me.
- If my dad had been seven feet tall instead of less than six feet tall, he would have been a great athlete.
- Were Judita a better student, she would have a better relationship with her instructors.
- Had Judita studied harder last fall, she would not have to take so many courses this spring.