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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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If + perfect continuous, main clause: present simple
I read this sentence this afternoon: you don't want to spend your money on boots and poles if you haven't been skiing before.
Is this a subordinate if clause? What kind? Likely, unlikely, impossible? Thank you.
Is this a subordinate if clause? What kind? Likely, unlikely, impossible? Thank you.
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Anonymous Is this a subordinate if clause? Yes. All if -clauses are subordinate clauses.
- Anonymous Is this a subordinate if clause?
- Yes.
- All if -clauses are subordinate clauses.
- Anonymous What kind?
- I don't know what you mean.
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AnonymousIs this a subordinate if clause?Yes. All if-clauses are subordinate clauses.
AnonymousWhat kind?I don't know what you mean. Real or hypothetical? It's not hypothetical. It's real.
For purposes of classifying a conditional sentence, imperatives and present perfect tenses count the same as the pr
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Thanks! This was a combination of tenses that my grammar books didn't include. So this is just another first conditional!
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