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Silak12 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Present or future?

Hi! everyone. I have a problem using future as a present,I don't understand why people use "will" like that.
For example-In this sentence where a person says-
-If you have a site you will have noticed that.........
Why doesn't a person says -If you have a site you must have noticed that..........
I mean to say that why don't we use might,must to show the present perfect sense?
Thanks!
  

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Hi, If I understand you correctly, I think that you are aiming for the first conditional, and that this is what you are seeking: If you have a site, you will / may / might notice that... This structure is fine. Compare: If you had had a site, you would / might have noticed that...

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  • Hi, If I understand you correctly, I think that you are aiming for the first conditional, and that this is what you are seeking: If you have a site, you will / may / might notice that...
  • This structure is fine.
  • Compare: If you had had a site, you would / might have noticed that...
  • The structure if (present perfect), ...
  • (future perfect) ...
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Hi,
If I understand you correctly, I think that you are aiming for the first conditional, and that this is what you are seeking:
If you have a site, you will / may / might notice that... This structure is fine.

Compare:
If you had had a site, you would / might have noticed that...

The structure if (present perfect), ... (future perfect) ... is not used. For fur
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