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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
If-Sentences? Many exceptions?
Hey,
I have been learning if-sentences for a while now, but the more I read the more i get confused...
I have learned the following rules:
IF-Typ 1
if+present form+present form
if+present form+will, can or may
IF-Typ 2
if+past form+would, could or might
IF-Typ 3
if+past perfect+would/might/could have done
But there are millions of sentences in the Internet, where english speaker wrote something different, something like this:
1) "If people aren’t interested, they’ve not understood what you mean by science"
2) "if someone would have been on the roof, I would have thrown a ball at him"
Why, considering the rules above, is the first sentence grammatical correct, though? (Present+Presen Perfect? Where is the will?)
And is the second one correct, because "Would" implies no time change and it still stays a "past perfect" tense? How to use the modal verbs correctly?
Does this grammar-fragment above if+PAST FORM or if+PRESENT FORM include ALL Present/Past tense forms?
Aaaargh...there so many exceptions smashing my head against a wall
Thank you in advance!
I have been learning if-sentences for a while now, but the more I read the more i get confused...
I have learned the following rules:
IF-Typ 1
if+present form+present form
if+present form+will, can or may
IF-Typ 2
if+past form+would, could or might
IF-Typ 3
if+past perfect+would/might/could have done
But there are millions of sentences in the Internet, where english speaker wrote something different, something like this:
1) "If people aren’t interested, they’ve not understood what you mean by science"
2) "if someone would have been on the roof, I would have thrown a ball at him"
Why, considering the rules above, is the first sentence grammatical correct, though? (Present+Presen Perfect? Where is the will?)
And is the second one correct, because "Would" implies no time change and it still stays a "past perfect" tense? How to use the modal verbs correctly?
Does this grammar-fragment above if+PAST FORM or if+PRESENT FORM include ALL Present/Past tense forms?
Aaaargh...there so many exceptions smashing my head against a wall
Thank you in advance!
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Anonymous Why, considering the rules above, is the first sentence grammatical correct, though? (Present+Presen Perfect? ) If people aren’t interested (now), they’ve not understood what you mean by science (during the past, up until now).
- Anonymous Why, considering the rules above, is the first sentence grammatical correct, though?
- (Present+Presen Perfect?
- ) If people aren’t interested (now), they’ve not understood what you mean by science (during the past, up until now).
- There seems nothing illogical about this.
- Anonymous And is the second one correct, because "Would" implies no time change and it still stays a "past perfect" tense?
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AnonymousWhy, considering the rules above, is the first sentence grammatical correct, though? (Present+Presen Perfect? Where is the will?)If people aren’t interested (now), they’ve not understood what you mean by science (during the past, up until now).
There seems nothing illogical about this.
AnonymousAnd is the secon
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AnonymousBut there are millions of sentences in the Internet where an English speaker wrote something different.Yes, and probably a quarter million of them are wrong. You have to take into account that many non-native speakers put texts on the i
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