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Square Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
If then conditional sentence
Listen to part of lecture in a philosophy class.The professor has been talking about the ethics.
OK. If we're going to discuss goodness and justice-what makes an individual good or a society just or virtuous-then we need to start with the ancient Greeks.
So we'll start with Plato-Plato's philosophy.
Source: The Official Guide to the TOEFL Test 3rd edition, by ISHKHAN GORGISYAN
Is the bold sentence a type of conditional? It is a bit strange to me.
I know there are four main types of 'if' sentences in English, including zero, first, second, and third conditional. However, the one above is different. Could you explain more?
Thank you
OK. If we're going to discuss goodness and justice-what makes an individual good or a society just or virtuous-then we need to start with the ancient Greeks.
So we'll start with Plato-Plato's philosophy.
Source: The Official Guide to the TOEFL Test 3rd edition, by ISHKHAN GORGISYAN
Is the bold sentence a type of conditional? It is a bit strange to me.
I know there are four main types of 'if' sentences in English, including zero, first, second, and third conditional. However, the one above is different. Could you explain more?
Thank you
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Square Is the bold sentence a type of conditional? Yes. You can call it a first conditional.
- Square Is the bold sentence a type of conditional?
- Yes.
- You can call it a first conditional.
- Present tense verb + present tense verb.
- , we need to start with ....
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SquareIs the bold sentence a type of conditional?Yes. You can call it a first conditional. Present tense verb + present tense verb.
If we are going to discuss ..., we need to start with ....
CJ
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I would not call that a first conditional. First conditionals generally refer to a future possibility.
This sentence does not fall into the traditional patterns at all. It is not talking about a possibility, but a given
This sentence does not fall into the traditional patterns at all. It is not talking about a possibility, but a given
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fivejedjonI would not call that a first conditional. First conditionals generally refer to a future possibility.OK. Zero is the present + present one.
CJ
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