Condition
au cas où
StandardB2What follows
au cas où + a clause in the conditional
Function
Condition
Meaning
Considers an eventuality, and takes the CONDITIONAL.
Position and punctuation
at the start of the sentence · a comma after
Example
Je joins une copie du justificatif, au cas où le premier envoi se serait perdu.
I enclose a copy of the receipt, in case the first one got lost.
In the DELF
the B2 essay
The trap
The only connector on this list to require the CONDITIONAL: "au cas où il SERAIT absent", never the indicative or the subjunctive.
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