Look at these examples of Second Conditionals:
If there were more policemen, we would catch more criminals.
If we had less unemployment, the situation would be better.
If there were more policemen...
= Maybe (there will be more policemen), but it's improbable.
If we had less unemployment...
= Maybe (we will have less unemployment), but it's improbable.
We would catch more criminals.
= Certainly (we would catch more criminals) but ONLY IF there were more policemen.
The situation would be better.
= Certainly (the situation would be better) but ONLY IF we had less unemployment.
If there were more policemen... If we had less unemployment.
... we would catch more criminals
... the situation would be better
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