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Mohammad sinaee Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Tense

Hi

Which tense is it ?

"When it is zipped up and the button is closed, it's activated."

Thanks in advance.
  

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It's a conditional statement. Think of "when" in terms of "if."
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It is simple present tense in form of passive voice.
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mohammad sinaeeWhen it is zipped up and the button is closed, it's activated."
Yes, it's a conditional sentence, or precisely a zero conditional sentence. A zero conditional uses the "present simple", as shown in your sentence, in both the "if/when-clause" and the "result clause" to suggest that the result of a condition is always the same.

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The last word of my post above should have been "activated", not "closed". Sorry for the mistake.
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The whole sentence seems strange to me/ We don't 'close' buttons, and I don't see what buttons have to do with zipping up things.
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fivejedjonThe whole sentence seems strange to me/ We don't 'close' buttons, and I don't see what buttons have to do with zipping up things.
Maybe the OP was referring to some sort of machine or device which has a zip and a button, and it is activated when it is zipped up and buttoned up. Or maybe the OP, actually, wanted to say "When it is zipped up and swi
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Hi

It is about a high-tech device that is a collar put on around cyclists' necks and when it detects a sudden jolt, it will react and activate. It is much like an air bag... We call it an airbag collar ...
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