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If the manager ________ time to meet with you today, he'll leave a message on your voicemail.(A) has(B) will have(C) have(D) hadAns: Will haveCan anyone help me in understanding difference between Will have(B) and Has(A)

Tamguatlay · Accepted Answer

I agree with  you  that  the answer is (A).

Jay J · Answer

Can you please explain the reason for this?

Tamguatlay · Answer

If the manager has time, he'll leave a message. .

If the manager will have the time he'll (= he will) manage... Can this structure be correct with "will" repeated?

Anonymous · Answer

Will cannot come in a sentence twice. Also, singular nouns use has and not have. ?

Fivejedjon · Answer

AnonymousWill cannot come in a sentence twice.

Yes it can. It can even appear in an if - clause if the meaning is BE willing:

If you will drive me to the airport, I will be able to catch the early flight.

AnonymousAlso, singular nouns use "has", ~~and~~ not "have".

That's not relevant here. The form of the infinitive after modals is the bare infinitive:

I have - I will have
She has -- She will have.

Laborious · Answer

Jay J(A) has(B) will have(C) have(D) had

I'd choose 'has'. "If present simple, will + base form" is the usual pattern. That's the first conditional.

I think it's possible to say If the manager got (the) time to meet with you today, he will leave a message on your voice mail. But I think this pattern "If past simple, will + base form" is not possible in your sentence, since "had" expresses a state rather than an action, which is expressed by "got".

Let's wait and see what the other members say on this.

Fivejedjon · Answer

The patterns of the traditional zero, first, second, third and mixed conditionals are common, but many tense-combinations are possible in if- conditionals. Here are some examples:

1. If Phil is playing football instead of washing up, I´m going to stop his pocket money.

2. Peter: Emma called from Prague yesterday.
Luke: Well, if she was in Prague yesterday, she should be here tomorrow.

3. If you would like to take a seat, I´ll let Mr Bull know you’re here.

4. If you pour oil on water, it will float.

5. If you have finished, start reading the next chapter.

6.If you didn't finish up your pudding, you won't want any chocolate, then?

7. If I had known that Scrivener was giving the lecture tomorrow, I would have gone.

8. . As children we were always outdoors. If it was fine, we would walk for miles.

Laborious · Answer

fivejedjonHere are some examples:

Thanks for that.

fivejedjon1. If Phil is playing football instead of washing up, I´m going to stop his pocket money.

It means that if playing football is what Phil is doing right now instead of washing up, I intend stopping his pocket money now or in the near future. Right?

fivejedjon2. Peter: Emma called from Prague yesterday.Luke: Well, if she was in Prague yesterday, she should be here tomorrow.

Is that a zero conditonal sentence, please? I think it is, but I am not sure. She was, indeed, in Prague yesterday.

I don't understand your #3 and #6 at all. Could you explain them to me, please?

Fivejedjon · Answer

LaboriousIf Phil is playing football instead of washing up, I´m going to stop his pocket money. It means that if playing football is what Phil is doing right now instead of washing up, I intend stopping his pocket money now or in the near future. Right?

Yes.

LaboriousPeter: Emma called from Prague yesterday.Luke: Well, if she was in Prague yesterday, she should be here tomorrow.Is that a zero conditonal sentence, please? I think it is, but I am not sure. She was, indeed, in Prague yesterday.

She was in Prague yesterday, but her being here is only a supposition. That is not a zero conditional sentence.

3. If you would like to take a seat, I´ll let Mr Bull know you’re here.

Though the first clause is framed as a condition, it functions as a request.to take a seat.

6.If you didn't finish up your pudding, you won't want any chocolate, then?

The speaker is suggesting that, given that the other person did not finish their pudding, s/he will be full, and therefore will not want to eat any chocolate. The speaker is, probably humorously, suggesting that s/he has some chocolate for the other person, but that she will not give it to him/her. The speaker is probably a parent teasing his/her young child.

Laborious · Answer

fivejedjon. If you would like to take a seat, I´ll let Mr Bull know you’re here.

Does it (would like), in the if - clause, always suggest a request? Can it be used as a polite way of saying "want"?

For example, in the sentence "If you would like to have some coffee, I'm going to make some for you", does "would like" mean "want" or does it imply a request here as well?

Can we put any verb form in the if-clause as long as the sentence as whole makes sense?

Thanks a lot.

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