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English 1b3 Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Incorrect sentence?

If learners will be reading this, I should fix the errors.

Is this grammatical? It doesn't match any of the conditionals: 1,2,3, zero, so does this make it wrong?

Thank you
  

Top answer

Let's say it's idiomatic, and quite common. By "idiomatic," I mean it's something well-spoken people would say. Can we escape the "conditional" concern by substituting "since"?

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  • Let's say it's idiomatic, and quite common.
  • By "idiomatic," I mean it's something well-spoken people would say.
  • Can we escape the "conditional" concern by substituting "since"?
  • Since learners will be reading this, I should fix the errors.
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Let's say it's idiomatic, and quite common. Emotion: big smile
By "idiomatic," I mean it's something well-spoken people would say.
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IMO, the meaning of the sentence changes too drastically when since is used. It does escape the condition, though Emotion: smile

Another
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English 1b3 Another response said that this is what is called the 'unnamed conditional.' In other words, not all if clauses can be classified as one of the conditionals.
Those pesky namers sure persist, don't they?
"We're going to name this the unnamed conditional ."

Yes, clearly "since" changes the meaning. But I hope it made my p
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