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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

confused conditional

Imagine, i am not sure i am going to be at home at evening and i want to say to my friend that if so, give me the book, if not put it in my porch. Now, can i say:
If i have been there, give it to me, if not, put it in my porch.
  

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Anonymous Now, can I say: If I have been there, give it to me, if not, put it in my porch. No. You can't say that.

— CalifJim

  • Anonymous Now, can I say: If I have been there, give it to me, if not, put it in my porch.
  • No.
  • You can't say that.
  • If I'm not there, put it on the porch.
  • CJ
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AnonymousNow, can I say: If I have been there, give it to me, if not, put it in my porch.
No. You can't say that.

If I'm not there, put it on the porch.

CJ
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Thanks a lot, but when can we use if with present perfect like: if i have been ...
can you bring up an example.
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AnonymousThanks a lot, but when can we use if with present perfect like: if I have been ...can you bring up an example.
I'm sure you're capable of finding examples of "if I have been" yourself on a corpus such as fraze. it or COCA. I found these in less than ten minutes:

If I have been drinking, the car dies
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AnonymousThanks a lot, but when can we use if with present perfect like: if i have been ...can you bring up an example.
When referring to yourself, always write a capital letter I.
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oh thanks
sorry i got it and really appreciate your help.
Also, I am so happy to have you here, because, i just discovered you.
have a good day my teacher
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