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Jasnkid Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
if clause
Hi, teachers
Can “if clause” be replaced with a noun phrase like “a bit more effort”?
If you make a bit more effort, the problem would be solved.
= A bit more effort, the problem would be solved. (?)
= A bit more effort, and the problem would be solved. (?)
Thanks in advance.
Can “if clause” be replaced with a noun phrase like “a bit more effort”?
If you make a bit more effort, the problem would be solved.
= A bit more effort, the problem would be solved. (?)
= A bit more effort, and the problem would be solved. (?)
Thanks in advance.
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I don't think it is a replacement of an 'if' clause, but this is natural enough: A bit more effort and the problem would be solved.
- I don't think it is a replacement of an 'if' clause, but this is natural enough: A bit more effort and the problem would be solved.
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I don't think it is a replacement of an 'if' clause, but this is natural enough: A bit more effort and the problem would be solved.
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A bit more effort and the problem would be solved.
It sounds like the imperative mood as follows; Put forth a bit more effort and the problem would be solved.
Am I right?
It sounds like the imperative mood as follows; Put forth a bit more effort and the problem would be solved.
Am I right?
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The point is that it is its own form. We cannot judge whether it might have originated in conditional or imperative or as the remains of a phrase ('With a bit more effort the problem would be solved'), for instance.
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