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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

If it snows / if it snowed...

Hello, I would like to know if there is a meaning difference bewteen the two sentences.

If it snows tomorrow, the match will have to be cancelled

If it snowed tomorrow, the match would have to be cancelled.

I feel like I could use the in the same situation but I am not sure. Could you help me again.
  

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Hi, I would like to know if there is a meaning difference bewteen the two sentences. Yes, there is. If it snows tomorrow, the match will have to be cancelled There's a good chance that it may actually snow, and that the match may actually be canceled.

— Clive

  • Hi, I would like to know if there is a meaning difference bewteen the two sentences.
  • Yes, there is.
  • If it snows tomorrow, the match will have to be cancelled There's a good chance that it may actually snow, and that the match may actually be canceled.
  • If it snowed tomorrow, the match would have to be cancelled.
  • This is more hypothetical.
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Hi,

I would like to know if there is a meaning difference bewteen the two sentences. Yes, there is.

If it snows tomorrow, the match will have to be cancelled There's a good chance that it may actually snow, and that the match may actually be canceled.

If it snowed
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Thank you!! That really helpsEmotion: big smile
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AnonymousIf it snows tomorrow, the match will have to be cancelled

If it snowed tomorrow, the match would have to be cancelled.
It seems to me that if what you're talking about is going to happen very soon, the match is already scheduled, and you would already have a pretty good idea of what the weather was going to be like. I don't think you can ver
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To CJ

Thank you all the time and I have thought about your answer to the question and I am now a little confused, so what you meant is "If it snowed tomorrow, the match would have to be cancelled" is almost impossible in reality?

Then. how about "If it were raining now, I wouldn't be watering the garden". I heard that this sentence is possible and correct in grammar and me
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Similarly, If it were snowing now, we wouldn't be here at this match. (Counterfactual comment on the current state of affairs.)

And similarly, not: If it rained tomorrow, I wouldn't water the garden. (Hypothetical future about an imminent planned event.)

CJ
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