席が取れる vs 席を取る meaning


> 1 - 早く予約すればいい席が取れる。  
>  2 - 早く予約すればいい席を取る。

Can someone explain why 1 is right and 2 is wrong?




We can't use ば conditional when both clauses have volition of the same person.
That's probably the reason. If we translate the 2nd sentence, then it's
something like "If I will book early, I will pick a good seat" or "if you book
early, you pick a good seat". On the other hand if we use 取れる, then it's not a
volition, but possibility.

Also look at such nuances. While と conditional doesn't allow any volition at
all, we still can say "夏になると海に行く" if it happens absolutely every summer.
That's because habitual represent a state. In a similar way actions of other
people are outside of our control, thus we can have 2 actions in ば sentence
when both are done by different people.




We can't use ば conditional when both clauses have volition of the same person.
That's probably the reason. If we translate the 2nd sentence, then it's
something like "If I will book early, I will pick a good seat" or "if you book
early, you pick a good seat". On the other hand if we use 取れる, then it's not a
volition, but possibility.

Also look at such nuances. While と conditional doesn't allow any volition at
all, we still can say "夏になると海に行く" if it happens absolutely every summer.
That's because habitual represent a state. In a similar way actions of other
people are outside of our control, thus we can have 2 actions in ば sentence
when both are done by different people.

