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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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00 I was looking at Englishpage.com's Conditional Tuturial section and seem to picked up this tidbit of information. 02 br
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00 From its Future Real Conditional section: 02 br
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00 "When" suggests that something will definitely happen at some point; we are simply waiting for it occur. 02 br
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00 Some examples given: 02 br
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00 When you call me, I will give you the address. 02 br
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00 If you call me, I will give you the address. 02 br
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00 Does the example that starts with "when" suggest something definitely will happen? To me, perhaps, but not definitely. 02 br
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01 i 00 A:Hi, John, what is your address? 02 i 02 br
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01 i 00 B:I don't know. I just moved and left a piece of paper at home that I wrote it 02 i 00 01 i 00 Can you call me at 6 p.m.? 01 u 00 When you call me, I will give you the address 02 u 00 . 02 i 02 br
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00 To me, the underlined part does sound like the callling will occur ninety-nine percent but not one hundred percent. But it almost seems like a one-hundred- percent-definite thing. 02 br
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01 i 00 A: Hi, John, can you lend me some money? I need it to buy a car. 02 i 02 br
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01 i 00 B: When you call me tomorrow, I will let you know if I can lend you some money. 02 i 02 br
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00 To me, the underlined part does sound like something less than one hundred percent sure or definite. 02 br
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00 After all, people can decide not to call due to the fact they found his address already when the time came to call and have money already when the time to call came.. 0-
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00 I was looking at Englishpage.com's Conditional Tuturial section and seem to picked up this tidbit of information. 02 br
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00 From its Future Real Conditional section: 02 br
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00 "When" suggests that something will definitely happen at some point; we are simply waiting for it occur. 02 br
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00 Some examples given: 02 br
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00 When you call me, I will give you the address. 02 br
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00 If you call me, I will give you the address. 02 br
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00 Does the example that starts with "when" suggest something definitely will happen? To me, perhaps, but not definitely. 02 br
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01 i 00 A:Hi, John, what is your address? 02 i 02 br
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01 i 00 B:I don't know. I just moved and left a piece of paper at home that I wrote it 02 i 00 01 i 00 Can you call me at 6 p.m.? 01 u 00 When you call me, I will give you the address 02 u 00 . 02 i 02 br
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00 To me, the underlined part does sound like the callling will occur ninety-nine percent but not one hundred percent. But it almost seems like a one-hundred- percent-definite thing. 02 br
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01 i 00 A: Hi, John, can you lend me some money? I need it to buy a car. 02 i 02 br
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01 i 00 B: When you call me tomorrow, I will let you know if I can lend you some money. 02 i 02 br
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00 To me, the underlined part does sound like something less than one hundred percent sure or definite. 02 br
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00 After all, people can decide not to call due to the fact they found his address already when the time came to call and have money already when the time to call came.. 0-
Top answer
1 blockquote 01 cite 10 Anonymous 12 cite 10 ninety-nine percent but not one hundred percent 12 blockquote 10 No one can always be 100% sure, in practice. In theory... but then, you never know what might happen.
- 1 blockquote 01 cite 10 Anonymous 12 cite 10 ninety-nine percent but not one hundred percent 12 blockquote 10 No one can always be 100% sure, in practice.
- In theory...
- but then, you never know what might happen.
- then it depends on the context.
- Every sentence can have several subtle differences, depending on the context.
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00 If you are considering the difference between "when" and "if" in... 02 br
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01 cite 10 Anonymous 12 cite 10 ninety-nine percent but not one hundred percent 12 blockquote10 No one can always be 100% sure, in practice. In theory... but then, you never know what might happen. 05 0 02 br
00 If you are considering the difference between "when" and "if" in... 02 br
00 When you call me, I'll giv
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