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 There are several expressions
that have a similar meaning to if
in conditional sentence
Imagine (that), suppose,supposing
(that),provided
(that),providing,as\so long as,on
condition that etc.
 Imagine that, suppose, supposing- are used
with 2nd and 3rd conditional sentences, and
always require two sentences.
 Imagine that you won 1 million pounds.
You’d be very rich.(2nd conditional)
 Suppose I hadn’t met you at the station. You
wouldn’t have been able to get home.(3rd
conditional)
 Supposing that you didn’t have to work.
What would you do all day?(2nd cond)
 As long as, on condition that, provided that, providing are
used to make a condition. They are used in all types of
conditional structures, and link two clauses in a single
sentence.
 I’ll come to watch you play football as long as there’s
somewhere to sit.(1st conditional)
 I’d do anything to help provided that it wasn’t illegal(2nd
conditinal)
 I would have I lent him my new MP3 player providing he
hadn’t broken my old one.(3rd conditional)
 The expression as long as, on condition that, and
provided that, providing are generally not
followed by would. These expressions occur
frequently in mixed conditionals.
 She has agreed to sponsor me on condition that I
complete the race. (mixed condional)
 NOT she has agreed to sponsor me on condition
that I would complete the race.