If vs when
"If you win, I'll buy you ice cream after. Sorry, when you win."
What does "when" mean? I researched, and apparently it means "at the time that", but it doesn't really make sense to say "at the time that you win, I'll buy you ice cream after." Is it even grammatically correct to have the "after' when using "when"? I did some more research and "when" can mean "after", so in this case, does "when" mean "after", or "at the time that"?
Top answer
If you win, I'll buy you ice cream. The speaker is saying that you might win or you might not win When you win, I'll buy you ice cream. The speaker is saying that you will win.
- If you win, I'll buy you ice cream.
- The speaker is saying that you might win or you might not win When you win, I'll buy you ice cream.
- The speaker is saying that you will win.
- The idea is that he first says you might win The he says 'sorry', and changes his words to say that you will win.
- He is making a little joke.
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If you win, I'll buy you ice cream. The speaker is saying that you might win or you might not win
When you win, I'll buy you ice cream. The speaker is saying that you will win.
The idea is that he first says you might win The he says 'sorry', and changes his words to say that you will win. He is making a little joke.
The word 'after' is not ne
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