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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
If clause with some stative verbs
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Can I ask "if you have a car, why don't you drive it?" to someone that I know he or she has a car but doesn't drive it?
Can I say "if I have a car, I will travel a lot" as I don't have a car right now and I have been planning to buy one?
Can I say "if you like black tea, I think you will like this new type of tea" to someone that I know he or she likes black tea?
Can I say "if you don't like it after you try, please tell me without hesitation" to that person before he or she try this new type of tea yet?
Thank you.
Can I ask "if you have a car, why don't you drive it?" to someone that I know he or she has a car but doesn't drive it?
Can I say "if I have a car, I will travel a lot" as I don't have a car right now and I have been planning to buy one?
Can I say "if you like black tea, I think you will like this new type of tea" to someone that I know he or she likes black tea?
Can I say "if you don't like it after you try, please tell me without hesitation" to that person before he or she try this new type of tea yet?
Thank you.
Top answer
I think all the sentences can be used because they are all meaningful. They express possible situations in present or future time. For example, for the verb "to be" as a stative verb, we can say "if you are ugly, I am ugly too", expressing a possible situation in present time (it is a part of a song) and we can say "if you are unhappy after you move into the village, we will refund", expressing a possible situation in future.
- I think all the sentences can be used because they are all meaningful.
- They express possible situations in present or future time.
- For example, for the verb "to be" as a stative verb, we can say "if you are ugly, I am ugly too", expressing a possible situation in present time (it is a part of a song) and we can say "if you are unhappy after you move into the village, we will refund", expressing a possible situation in future.
- Thank you.
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I think all the sentences can be used because they are all meaningful. They express possible situations in present or future time. For example, for the verb "to be" as a stative verb, we can say "if you are ugly, I am ugly too", expressing a possible situation in present time (it is a part of a song) and we can say "if you are unhappy after you move into the village, we will refund", expressing a
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