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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Conditional sentence - what'w wrong?

Hello,
I have a problem with this sentence:
Please ask the doctor for my test results if you see her. The author of the book wher I found it implies it is wrong but doesn't explains why it is so...
Help!!!
  

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Hi Anon I imagine the author might have been trying to test you on the difference between the use of "if" and "when". However, in my opinion, it's not a terribly good sentence for that purpose. Here is what the difference in meaning would be: - Please ask the doctor for my test results if you see her .

— Yankee

  • Hi Anon I imagine the author might have been trying to test you on the difference between the use of "if" and "when".
  • However, in my opinion, it's not a terribly good sentence for that purpose.
  • Here is what the difference in meaning would be: - Please ask the doctor for my test results if you see her .
  • = I don't know whether you will see the doctor or not.
  • It's possible you will see the doctor, and it's also possible that you will not see the doctor.
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Hi Anon

I imagine the author might have been trying to test you on the difference between the use of "if" and "when". However, in my opinion, it's not a terribly good sentence for that purpose. Here is what the difference in meaning would be:

- Please ask the doctor for my test results if you see her. = I don't know whether you will see the doctor or not.
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