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i'm asking more about the verb form in that clause. oliver seems to say that a conditional there would produce nonsense (whereas a non-conditional like "if you let me finish" is not nonsense)
fizzy.bleach-
Ah, gotcha. Yes, I think Oliver is wrong on that point too - although correct about Snow Patrol being right. 'If you would let me finish...' is a double conditional, and the word 'would' is arguably redundant, but in that context it's used for emphasis. I suspect it's complicated by the fact that English doesn't really have a conditional tense, instead it uses modal verbs such as 'would' or 'should' to modify the verb stem. Anyway, owning your own home. I recommend it.
Brommers
It's not nonsense but it's not a complete sentence, hence the ellipsis.