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Nkspb Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
The usage of tenses in a conditional sentence
Hello 
Could you clarify the question, please?
Is it grammatically okay to say:
"If I earn a lot of money, I have made it" ?
Or should this version be used:
"If I earn a lot of money, I will have made it" ?
To me the first example sounds nice but gives sense of being ungrammatical, because this is the first conditional and the future tense in the main clause should be used. I'd like to know your opinions.
Thanks for any answers.
Could you clarify the question, please?
Is it grammatically okay to say:
"If I earn a lot of money, I have made it" ?
Or should this version be used:
"If I earn a lot of money, I will have made it" ?
To me the first example sounds nice but gives sense of being ungrammatical, because this is the first conditional and the future tense in the main clause should be used. I'd like to know your opinions.
Thanks for any answers.
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nkspb Is it grammatically okay to say:"If I earn a lot of money, I have made it" ? It's fine grammatically, but not the most idiomatic English sentence in the world. nkspb Or should this version be used:"If I earn a lot of money, I will have made it" ?
- nkspb Is it grammatically okay to say:"If I earn a lot of money, I have made it" ?
- It's fine grammatically, but not the most idiomatic English sentence in the world.
- nkspb Or should this version be used:"If I earn a lot of money, I will have made it" ?
- This one sounds a lot better to my ear.
- nkspb this is the first conditional and the future tense in the main clause should be used Actually, it depends on whose classification system you use.
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nkspbIs it grammatically okay to say:"If I earn a lot of money, I have made it" ?It's fine grammatically, but not the most idiomatic English sentence in the world.
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