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Teo Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

One more question about if-clause, tense

0If it ___ tomorrow, we won't go camping with Angela.02br
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00(A) is raining (B) will rain (C) rains (D) rained02br
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00Which choice or choices are acceptable?0-
  

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02br 02br 00Hope this helps,02br 02br 00- YoHf02br 02br 00[8]0-

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1i00C02i00 is the right one.02br
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00This is an example of First Conditional, used to talk about possible future events which depend on other future events.02br
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00The pattern is:02br
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01u01i00If02i00 clause02u00 01u00main clause02u02br
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0If it's raining tomorrow, the sports can take place indoors.02br
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00Page 221, 01i00A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language, 02i00by Randolph Quirk et al. 198502br
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1b00C00 is the correct answer.00 00Present progress is incorrect in your sentence. When we talk about something in general, 02b02br
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01b00Present tense should be used. 02b02br
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01b00Ex: 00Mary said if 01font00she gets02font00 [ not - is getting] the
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0Quite so Goodman.02br
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00I had already explained you the rule anyway Teo.02br
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00You shouldn't base your English on Google searches, because you can find some exceptions, but you'd better follow grammar rules. Just my two cents though.02br
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00Best wishes,02br
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00- YoHf02br
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0Hello guys02br
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00I have no intention to offend anyone, but I think you should not deny a usage just because you don't know that usage. Please know at least some of us ESL students come here to expand the knowledge of English. If you want to work here as a volunteer teacher, you should be more tolerant to opinions from ESL students that present any knowledge you don't ha
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01cite10Teo12cite10If it ___ tomorrow, we won't go camping with Angela.12br
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10(A) is raining (B) will rain (C) rains (D) rained12br
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10Which choice or choices are acceptable?12br
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10Both A and C make sense to me.02br
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0Paco,02br
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00 00you point is well taken. If I may say this, in forums like this one, we can only provide examples to show the learners how certain constructs are formed and verbs are used. Theory works to a certain extent. The only way the learners can firm up their knowledge is still by reading and media exposure, meaning English news papers, television and magazin
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01. "If he is standing in the train, he will catch cold."02br
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00This is rather mysterious in terms of meaning (why would "standing in the train" lead to a cold?), but perfectly acceptable in terms of grammar.02br
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00Here's another example:02br
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002. "If he's standing on the top of the Eiffel Tower without any clothes on in
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01cite10MrPedantic12cite101. "If he is standing in the train, he will catch cold." 12br
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10This is rather mysterious in terms of meaning (why would "standing in the train" lead to a cold?), but perfectly acceptable in terms of grammar.10Soooory! I made a typo! Not "train" but "11b11font
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01cite10MrPedantic12cite12br
101. "If he is standing in the train, he will catch cold."12br
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10This is rather mysterious in terms of meaning (why would "standing in the train" lead to a cold?), but perfectly acceptable in terms of grammar.12br
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10I belie

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