"If someone would answer my question" vs. "If someone answered my question"

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(a) I'd appreciate it if someone would answer my question.

(b) I'd appreciate it if someone answered my question.

Which sentence is grammatically OK? I hesitate because I am not able to decide whether this clause is conditional or not.

P. S. Is it necessary to use "it" there?

bart-leby

Posted 2015-07-24T16:17:52.130

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As a native US English speaker, either sentence sounds correct to me; the first may perhaps be a little softer or polite.

I think you definitely need the "it."

Chad

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