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Andreean Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
If & would
Hi teachers. I am a little bit confuse with "would" in sentence which begins with "If".
ex: "If I jump now, would you catch me?"
why dont we choose will instead of would?
thanks for the answers.
ex: "If I jump now, would you catch me?"
why dont we choose will instead of would?
thanks for the answers.
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Welcome to the forums, andreean. It would be better to use will in that sentence. If I jump now, will you catch me?
- Welcome to the forums, andreean.
- It would be better to use will in that sentence.
- If I jump now, will you catch me?
- If I jumped now, would you catch me?
- In #1, you are probably thinking about jumping, while #2 is more of a hypothetical question.
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Welcome to the forums, andreean.
It would be better to use will in that sentence.
If I jump now, will you catch me?
If I jumped now, would you catch me?
In #1, you are probably thinking about jumping, while #2 is more of a hypothetical question.
It would be better to use will in that sentence.
If I jump now, will you catch me?
If I jumped now, would you catch me?
In #1, you are probably thinking about jumping, while #2 is more of a hypothetical question.
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what about this sentence.
"If I am/was a rich man, I will/would buy everything I want"
and the fact is im not a rich man.
"If I am/was a rich man, I will/would buy everything I want"
and the fact is im not a rich man.
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If I were a rich man, I would buy everything I want.
Some would use was instead of were.
Some would use was instead of were.
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