Help with condition sentence (The company will well make a profit next year)

[duc]

Hello,

Please read the exercise below carefully:

The company will well make a profit next year.

---> I wouldn't......

The answer is " I wouldn't be surprised if the company made a profit next year."
I wonder why we use the unreal condition sentence here but not "I won't be surprised..."
because according to the speaker the company will surely make a profit.So I think we can't use ''if the company made..." (it means this action is unreal ,will not occur) and it should be "if the company makes'' to express the possibility .
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[Alan]

Hi Duc,

The type of condition in the sentence apparently indicates a greater sense of caution but the key really is in the negative beginning: I wouldn't be surprised since in a way this is a more commonly used expression than I won't be surprised. The way you could make it appear more positive would be to reverse the sentences and say: I will (I'll) be surprised if the company doesn't make a profit.

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[duc]

It did really , I must say I took it from the Olympic exam question collection (an exam that takes place in my country Vietnam)

[thang77]

i agree to Alan,furthermore,I think the sentence use'will well' that means this is likely to happen.You say this is an unreal condition sentence, that's wrong.To the best of my knowledge,this type condition has another special usage.You call it 'unreal' because your teacher influences you so much but she maybe doesn't want to teach you a so high level structure.It's my own view.

[duc]

Thank you for all your helpful reply
And Thang,can you give me more about this special usage?
Thanks in advance