Explain The Two Sentences
If you step back, the bees will calm down and not harm you.
If you would step back, the bees will calm down and not harm you.
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Don't forget to say "please!". :) The best way to ask this question would be, "Could you please explain the two sentences?" A direct statement in English can come across as rude.
Anyway... I've found the page you're looking at, and I worry that you're biting off more than you can chew. When you start learning conditionals, you're advised not to put a modal after "if". This is because conditionals deal with cause and effect.
When you see a modal in the "if-clause" (eg. in formal business writing), it becomes a polite request. This is what the webpage is trying to explain to you. The main thing to remember is that modals do not automatically go into the if-clause, and this is where many students make mistakes.
Hopefully that answers your question and shows you how one of the sentences is quite absurd.
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I agree with peachey on it
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