Conjunctions
Hello everyone,
Could you tell me please, if the conjunctions "if", "after", "as" are correctly used in the following sentences?
1. If that happens, the big supermarkets will quickly stop buying from us and start trying to buy more cheaply from abroad.
2. After that happens, the big supermarkets will quickly stop buying from us and start trying to buy more cheaply from abroad.
3. As that happens, the big supermarkets will quickly stop buying from us and start trying to buy more cheaply from abroad.
Kind regards,
JA
Top answer
Yes, OK. #1 Speaks of a possibility #2 Suggests it will happen, and states a consequence #3 Suggests both things will happen at the same time (an unlikely meaning)
- Yes, OK.
- #1 Speaks of a possibility #2 Suggests it will happen, and states a consequence #3 Suggests both things will happen at the same time (an unlikely meaning)
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Yes, OK.
#1 Speaks of a possibility
#2 Suggests it will happen, and states a consequence
#3 Suggests both things will happen at the same time (an unlikely meaning)
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