Au cas où

Richard S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Au cas où

I understand, when I remember, how to use ‘au cas où’. 

However, why can’t you use ‘il me faudrait’ after it, rather than ‘je devrais’. Both are in the conditional tense, and both mean (I think) ‘I must’. 

Anyone know please?

Here’s the relevant question, a translation of ‘in case I have to go out again’,  which was marked as wrong:  au cas où il me faudrait ressortir


Asked 5 years ago
Chris W.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor Correct answer

Grammatically the sentence seems ok to me. It's just that it sounds a bit stilted and you wouldn't say it like this in everyday conversations.

Richard S. asked:

Au cas où

I understand, when I remember, how to use ‘au cas où’. 

However, why can’t you use ‘il me faudrait’ after it, rather than ‘je devrais’. Both are in the conditional tense, and both mean (I think) ‘I must’. 

Anyone know please?

Here’s the relevant question, a translation of ‘in case I have to go out again’,  which was marked as wrong:  au cas où il me faudrait ressortir


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