The conditional tense is used to describe what someone would do or what would happen in the future. It can also be used to express ambitions and intentions. For example: ...
Sir, – Further to Frank McNally’s Irishman’s Diary (March 8th), the conditional perfect tense is indeed often used in Ireland as a mock genteelism to avoid coming across too aggressively. I remember ...
The conditional tense is used to say what might happen under certain conditions. It is called the conditional tense because it is dependent on a certain condition, eg you can only fulfil one thing on ...