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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

A conditional sentence question

0I was working on a TOEIC question like the one below:02br
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00This dish 01i00___02i00 better if you use fresh herbs and garlic.02br
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00b) tastes02br
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00d) tasted02br
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00The answer is b. However, I tried to find answer like "will taste". I learn form school that in a condition sentence, if the sentence refers to "now", the main clause should be placed a verb with future tense. Is it true?02br
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0Hello Anon02br
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00Your sentence is ambiguous – if it's a comment about a particular meal, which someone is preparing now, "will taste" is the better choice.02br
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00However, if it's a general comment about a particular dish, "tastes" is fine.02br
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0Hello, 02br
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00>>>This dish 01i00___02i00 better if you use fresh herbs and garlic. Even if the answer is "B", I still think somehow it still ahould be "01font00will taste02font00". 02br
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01font00Still, this is a statement, not a 02font
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0Thanks teacher.02br
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00How do I tear the dotted line? I wanted to do it but had no idea.02br
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00Please elaborate the process.02br
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01cite10Anonymous12cite10Thanks teacher.12br
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10How do I tear the dotted line? I wanted to do it but had no idea.12br
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10Please elaborate the process.12br
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10Peacenik12br
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10Hello Peacenik02br
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01cite10Goodman12cite12br
10Hello, 12br
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10>>>This dish 11i10___12i10 better if you use fresh herbs and garlic. Even if the answer is "B", I still think somehow it still ahould be "11font10will taste12font10". 12br
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11cite20Goodman22cite22br
20Hello, 22br
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20>>>This dish 21i20___22i20 better if you use fresh herbs and garlic. Even if the answer is "B", I still think somehow it still ahould be "21font
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0Hello Goodman02br
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00I'd agree that it's a declarative sentence; though even so, it seems to me that the if-clause presents a condition, and the main clause presents what happens when that condition is met. 02br
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00Does it seem too "real" to you, to be "conditional" – insufficiently hypothetical?02br
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00See you,02br
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0Hi MrP,02br
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00No arguements there! From my ealry learning days, my teachers always emphasized context and context for they said an English question can only be asked relative to the context in which it came from and answered respectively. Relative to "if" arguement, I think you may be right. 0-
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