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Anduy Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Tense in conditional sentence

0Find and correct one mistake in the sentence below:02br
00Things 01u00will02u00 be better if I 01u00will get02u00 a job and earn 01u00some02u00 money so I 01u00don't have02u00 to live with my parents. 02br
00My teacher thinks that 01i00will get02i00 is uncorrect (will get => get). 02br
00I think 01i00don't have02i00 has to be changed to 01i00won't have.02i02br
00Please tell me which is uncorrect. Thank you very much. 0-
  

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1blockquote 01cite 10Anduy12cite 10Find and correct one mistake in the sentence below: 12br 12br 10Things 11u 10will12u 10 be better if I 11u 11del 10will12del 10 get12u 10 a job and earn 11u 10some12u 10 money so I 11u 10don't have12u 10 to live with my parents. 12br 12br 10My teacher thinks that 11i 10will get12i 10 is 11b 10uncorrec12b 10t (10incorrect10) (will get => get). 12br 12br 10I think 11i 10don't have12i 10 has to be changed to 11i 10won't have.

— Yoong Liat

  • 1blockquote 01cite 10Anduy12cite 10Find and correct one mistake in the sentence below: 12br 12br 10Things 11u 10will12u 10 be better if I 11u 11del 10will12del 10 get12u 10 a job and earn 11u 10some12u 10 money so I 11u 10don't have12u 10 to live with my parents.
  • 12br 12br 10My teacher thinks that 11i 10will get12i 10 is 11b 10uncorrec12b 10t (10incorrect10) (will get => get).
  • 12br 12br 10I think 11i 10don't have12i 10 has to be changed to 11i 10won't have.
  • (12i 11b 10Not correct)12b 12br 12blockquote 1-
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01cite10Anduy12cite10Find and correct one mistake in the sentence below: 12br
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10Things 11u10will12u10 be better if I 11u11del10will12del10 get12u10 a job and earn 11u10some12u10 money so I 11u10don't have12u1
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0Yoong Liat, thank you for correcting me.02br
00But sometimes I also see people use "If I will." Can you tell me in what cases it is acceptable? 0-
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0IMO, if ...will is rare but I think it's possible:02br
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00If you'll listen,you won't always get into trouble ( To me, it sounds like the speaker implies the person he talks to is stubborn.) What do you think, YL?0-
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01cite10Anduy12cite10Yoong Liat, thank you for correcting me. 12br
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10But sometimes I also see people use "If I will." Can you tell me in what cases it is acceptable?12br
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10Here are 3 examples.02br
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00I don't know if I will see my children agai
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0Hello.02br
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00 If I have money, I will travel. 02br
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00 If I have money, I am going to travel. (I don't know if I will have money
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0Good examples, YL. I totally forgot about them. I was thinking about If + will at the beginning of sentences. Do you think it's possible to start a sentence with if+will like in my previous post? 0-
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0 Hi, N2G,02br
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00Besides in indirect questions (the examples previously given),01i00 if + will 02i00works also to indicate volition (or refusal in its negative form, "01i00if + won't02i00" ) or insistence, and, yes, it can be used at the beginning of a sentence. Here are the links to some other threads where these kinds of 
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0Thanks Tanit. I agree with your posts.0-
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