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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

The position of the conditional clause

If this IMF thing contains, some fear that more than a million jobs will go.

I think a main clause of the conditional clause is "more than a million jobs will go."
So I was wondering why the conditional clause isn't positioned in "that" clause.
Thank you in advance for your help.
  

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park sang joon If this IMF thing contains, That makes no sense to me. The main clause is 'some fear'

— Fivejedjon

  • park sang joon If this IMF thing contains, That makes no sense to me.
  • The main clause is 'some fear'
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park sang joonIf this IMF thing contains,
That makes no sense to me.

The main clause is 'some fear'
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fivejedjonThe main clause is 'some fear'
...that more than a million jobs will go.
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I'm so sorry for my big mistake.Emotion: sad
If this IMF thing continues, some fear that more than a milli
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I want to revive this thread.
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park sang joonIf this IMF thing continues, some fear that more than a million jobs will go.I was wondering why "If this IMF thing continues" isn't positioned in "that" clause.
Because the writer chose to write it the way s/he did. I suppose a writer of style guides would insist that it went in the 'that' clause, but most speakers of BrE don't read style guide
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