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Tenacious Learner Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Conditional Sentences

Hi teachers,

I've always thought that Conditional Sentences can only be affirmative and negative, but then I found this sentence:

Will you let me drive,if I promise not to speed?

What kind of sentence is it?
Is the punctuation correct?
Why is there a comma before 'if'?

Am I right with what I've always thought?

Thanks in advance
  

Top answer

Sure, you can have conditional setences in questions too. If I were rich, I'd buy a BMW. Would you buy a BMW, if you were rich?

— Ivanhr

  • Sure, you can have conditional setences in questions too.
  • If I were rich, I'd buy a BMW.
  • Would you buy a BMW, if you were rich?
  • The punctuation in your sentence is fine.
  • The comma is there to introduce a pause, it's not required though.
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Sure, you can have conditional setences in questions too.

If I were rich, I'd buy a BMW.

Would you buy a BMW, if you were rich?

The punctuation in your sentence is fine. The comma is there to introduce a pause, it's not required though.
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Thank you Ivanhr! So, to be more concrete, Conditional Sentences can also be yes / no questions, but they can't be questions, I mean question that start with question words.

Am I right?
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Sorry no need to answer my question. Of course the Conditional Sentences can be afiirmative, negative, questions and yes / no question. It was my mistake, sometimes my neuron doesn't work properly.
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