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Anonymous Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

If clause

To do this we would need a major programme in science education-which UNESCO does not yet have.


Is this sentence correct and what could be the implied "if clause"?

  

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anonymous Is this sentence correct Yes, except for the spacing around the dash. anonymous what could be the implied "if clause" be ? " It is talking about a future possibility that is imagined.

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  • anonymous Is this sentence correct Yes, except for the spacing around the dash.
  • anonymous what could be the implied "if clause" be ?
  • " It is talking about a future possibility that is imagined.
  • Would is not as strong, definite or direct as will .
  • Notice that " will " can be used, but it is a much more definite, sure statement.
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anonymousIs this sentence correct

Yes, except for the spacing around the dash.

anonymouswhat could be the implied "if clause" be?

There is no implied "if-clause."

It is talking about a future possibility that is imagined. Would is not as strong, d

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anonymousIs this sentence correct

Yes.

anonymouswhat could be the implied "if clause"?

When the subject of a sentence with "would" is a gerund or infinitive clause, it's usually got something to do with a so-called implied if-clause.

To do this would require a major ... is not far from To do

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