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New2grammar Posted 18 years ago
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[will] optional?
0 if you help me take my car in for repair, I'll do your laundry tonight and you [will] get to watch Superbowl 02 br
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00 If you screw this up, your team will lose 5 points and the other team [will ]get 3 points. 02 br
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00 If you give me 10 bucks, I'll wash your car and Tom [will] take out the trash. 02 br
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00 If not every sentence above requires 'will',please explain why. Thanks. 0-
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00 If you screw this up, your team will lose 5 points and the other team [will ]get 3 points. 02 br
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00 If you give me 10 bucks, I'll wash your car and Tom [will] take out the trash. 02 br
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00 If not every sentence above requires 'will',please explain why. Thanks. 0-
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0 If you help me take my car in for repair, I'll do your laundry tonight and you also get to watch Superbowl>>>In this sentence we do not require 'will' as we are addressing to the same person. 02 br
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00 If you ***** this up, your team will lose 5 points and the other team will get 3 points>>>In this sentence we will use 'will' as we are not talking about th
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00 If you ***** this up, your team will lose 5 points and the other team will get 3 points>>>In this sentence we will use 'will' as we are not talking about th
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0 Thanks Creativeguru. 02 br
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00 Anyone else would like to comment? I would like a second opinion. Thanks 0-
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00 Anyone else would like to comment? I would like a second opinion. Thanks 0-
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0 You need the 01 i 00 will 02 i 00 , otherwise it's too sloppy/informal (still understandable). 02 br
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0 Hmm, technically speaking you need that WILL, otherwise the structure will change (but the meaning might or might not change). 02 br
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01 i 00 If you ***** this up, your team will lose 5 points and the other team [will ]get 3 points. 02 i 02 br
00 If you take away that WILL are joining these two: 02 br
01 i 01 b 00 If you ***** this up
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01 i 00 If you ***** this up, your team will lose 5 points and the other team [will ]get 3 points. 02 i 02 br
00 If you take away that WILL are joining these two: 02 br
01 i 01 b 00 If you ***** this up
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0 Thanks MH for your reply. 02 br
00 I think I understand the conditionals. My confusion arises when there are two 02 br
00 independent main clauses in a conditional sentence. Note that each of my examples 02 br
00 have two main clauses, each having one will. The second will is what bothers me. 02 br
00 Strictly speaking, I will include but I've heard native s
00 I think I understand the conditionals. My confusion arises when there are two 02 br
00 independent main clauses in a conditional sentence. Note that each of my examples 02 br
00 have two main clauses, each having one will. The second will is what bothers me. 02 br
00 Strictly speaking, I will include but I've heard native s
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0 It is almost redundant to say, at this point in the thread, that the use of 01 i 00 will 02 i 00 twice is probably best when the clauses have two different subjects. 02 br
00 Nevertheless, if you don't mind a slightly more awkward style, violating parallelism, you 01 u 00 can 02 u 00 switch to present tense for the second clause (with future meaning, o
00 Nevertheless, if you don't mind a slightly more awkward style, violating parallelism, you 01 u 00 can 02 u 00 switch to present tense for the second clause (with future meaning, o
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0 Thanks CJ. I don't think I'll do it, simply because it confuses me. I'm glad to hear that you don't recommend it 05 0 010id 4
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