If clauses.. Help pls..

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I have  questions please help me.. Rewrite the sentences with if clauses type1 or type2. *The film isn't good.I won't watch it. *The weather may be good on Sunday.We may go for a picnic. ThAnKsss..

Pemmican · Accepted Answer

1) Type1: "If the film isn't good, I won't watch it."
1) Type2: "If the film wasn't good, I wouldn't watch it."

2) Type1: "If the weather may be ("is") good on Sunday, we may go for a picnic."
or: "..., we will go for a picnic."
2) Type2: "If the weather might be ("was") good on Sunday, we might go for a picnic."
or: "..., we would go for a picnic."

Dog_lover · Answer

Thanks very much but only one type must be true,I mean only type1 or type2 true,not both of them.Can you understand me?Pls answer again..thanx

Mirapence · Answer

Hi,

Both are correct.

Type 1 is called an indicative mood, and type 2 a subjunctive mood.

The type 1 sentence implies that the action in the “if” clause is quite probable.
In the type 2 sentence, the past tense in the “if” clause is not a true past but a subjunctive, and the supposition is contrary to the fact.

For the purpose of comparison between the two types of sentences, your first sentence could also be written as follows.

type 1: If the film isn’t good, I won’t watch it.

type 2: If the film were good, I would watch it.
(= Because the film is not good, I won’t watch it.)

Thus, you might write the next sentence in the same manner.

type 1: If the weather is good on Sunday, we may go for a picnic.
(It is very probable that the weather on Sunday may be good.)

type 2: If the weather wouldn’t be good on Sunday, we shouldn’t go for a picnic. (By all probability, the weather may be good.)

These are structured strictly to the grammatical patterns.
Therefore, the ones Pemmican suggested may have more flexibility in normal use.

But both type 1 and type 2 are acceptable and correct English.

Mirapence

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