Abstract
I propose that on some non-standard interpretations of conditionals, the antecedent influences not the truth-conditional, but the use-conditional evaluation of the consequent by restricting the modal base of a necessity operator introduced by the conditional form in the expressive dimension of utterance meaning. On this view, conditionals can be grouped into truth conditionals and use conditionals, depending on which interpretation is salient. I argue that such an analysis allows to predict properties of hypothetical conditionals, biscuit conditionals, and conditional hedges within a unified account.
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