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XEnOn Posted 22 years ago
Grammar
Tenses after "IF"
Hi everyone, this is my first post on this forum.
I would like to ask if the tenses after 'IF' should be a past tense or continue the sentence of the tenses? And for tenses after the comma of an 'IF' sentence, do i continue with past tense of the tense of the sentence?
For instance,
If you were to come tomorrow, I will give you a gift.
OR
If you were to come tomorrow, I would give you a gift.
OR
If you are to come tomorrow, I will give you a gift.
Which one is the correct one? I usually write like what the second one is like.
I would like to ask if the tenses after 'IF' should be a past tense or continue the sentence of the tenses? And for tenses after the comma of an 'IF' sentence, do i continue with past tense of the tense of the sentence?
For instance,
If you were to come tomorrow, I will give you a gift.
OR
If you were to come tomorrow, I would give you a gift.
OR
If you are to come tomorrow, I will give you a gift.
Which one is the correct one? I usually write like what the second one is like.
Top answer
Hi Xenon, Welcome to English Forums. The first is NG, while both the second and third are fine; but they carry slightly different meanings: 'If you were to come tomorrow, I would give you a gift' suggests that the coming is very unlikely or impossible. 'If you are to come tomorrow, I will give you a gift' indicates that the person is planning, and is expected, to come tomorrow.
- Hi Xenon, Welcome to English Forums.
- The first is NG, while both the second and third are fine; but they carry slightly different meanings: 'If you were to come tomorrow, I would give you a gift' suggests that the coming is very unlikely or impossible.
- 'If you are to come tomorrow, I will give you a gift' indicates that the person is planning, and is expected, to come tomorrow.
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Hi Xenon,
Welcome to English Forums.
The first is NG, while both the second and third are fine; but they carry slightly different meanings:
'If you were to come tomorrow, I would give you a gift' suggests that the coming is very unlikely or impossible.
'If you are to come tomorrow, I will give you a gift' indicates that the person is planning, and is expecte
Welcome to English Forums.
The first is NG, while both the second and third are fine; but they carry slightly different meanings:
'If you were to come tomorrow, I would give you a gift' suggests that the coming is very unlikely or impossible.
'If you are to come tomorrow, I will give you a gift' indicates that the person is planning, and is expecte
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oh...thanks a lot of your explanation...
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this is really a helpful forum to learn english
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