Two "if" clauses in one sentence: Is it possible?

This sentence feels stiff and unnatural to me. It reads like something written hundreds of years ago (disregarding the reference to autograph hunting!). You could say:

If I get the opportunity to meet him in person, I'll get his autograph -- if I'm not too shy to ask.

Anonymous
If I get the opportunity to meet him in person, I will have his autograph, if I were not shy to do so.

I would like to hear other people's opinion, but I don't think this works. If I were is subjunctive as you know, so it requires the result clause to express a hypothetical result by using the modal 'would' not 'will'

Thanks, Mr. Wordy, for your response. I agree your sentence is better, but is it also correct to say the following?

If I get the opportunity to meet him in person, I'll get his autograph -- if I were not too shy to ask (which means I am too shy so I can't and will not ask).

I would really appreciate your input.

Anonymous
Thanks, Mr. Wordy, for your response. I agree your sentence is better, but is it also correct to say the following?

If I get the opportunity to meet him in person, I'll get his autograph -- if I were not too shy to ask (which means I am too shy so I can't and will not ask).

I would really appreciate your input.

AnonymousIs it possible to have two "if" clauses in a sentence with one in indicative mood and the other in subjunctive?

Yes, but how often does a person need to say something like that? Your attempt doesn't quite work, by the way.

I'm not sure if the following really works very well either, because the kind of combinations you're looking for are com

This makes more sense to me now. Thanks for your suggestions and explanations.

Mr WordyIf I ever get the opportunity to meet him in person, I'd like to get his autograph -- but I'd be too shy to ask.

Just a question on the quote above, the "if" clause is in indicative mood with the verb get, however, the result clause appears to be in subjunctive with t

CalifJimIf the detective were smart, he would know that if the man was out of town on the day of the murder, he wasn't the murderer.

Thanks, CJ, for your example. If I am not mistaken, this is a combination of present subjunctive and past indicative mood. Since you say that these combinations are completely artificial, I guess a combination of

Hi, Anon

(I think if you asked specific questions along with the text, people may know what exactly you want to know. From your postings, it is hard to know if you are asking about the subjunctive, conditionals, or just the correctness of your sentence. Your topic title doesn't seem to be what you are concerned about, judging by your latest posts.)

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AnonymousThis makes more sense to me now. Thanks for your suggestions and explanations.

Mr WordyIf I ever get the opportunity to meet him in person, I'd like to get his autograph -- but I'd be too shy to ask.

Just a question on the quote above, the "if" clause is in indicative mood with the verb get, however, the result clause

English 1b3Hi, Anon

(I think if you asked specific questions along with the text, people may know what exactly you want to know. From your postings, it is hard to know if you are asking about the subjunctive, conditionals, or just the correctness of your sentence. Your topic title doesn't seem to be what you are concerned about, judging by your latest posts.)