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Anonymous Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Difference

Is there a difference between these two sentences?

You have no room to complain if I eat you, do you?

You have no room to complain if I’ll eat you, do you?

  

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anonymous if I’ll eat you No. if is not followed by will in the same clause. ) anonymous You have no room to complain if I eat you, do you?

— CalifJim

  • anonymous if I’ll eat you No.
  • if is not followed by will in the same clause.
  • ) anonymous You have no room to complain if I eat you, do you?
  • This one is OK grammatically, but its meaning is strange.
  • Are you talking to a dead fish?
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anonymousif I’ll eat you

No. if is not followed by will in the same clause. (There are only a small number of exceptions, and this is not one of them.)

anonymousYou have no room to complain if I eat you, do you?

This one is OK grammatically, but its meaning is strange. Are you talking to a dead fish

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