 #2 (permalink) Fri May 29, 2009 9:56 am comfused by one special puzzel of conditinals sentence |
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Good morning Huhuiowen . I cannot understand how you are showing these two sentences as a comparison. They have completely different meanings.
You could say, " If I win the lottery, I will just HAVE to buy you a car." (Nothing wrong there.)
" If I win the lottery, I will buy you a very big car as a present." ( This too is correct.)
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| #3 (permalink) Fri May 29, 2009 17:32 pm comfused by one special puzzel of conditinals sentence |
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Hello Hui,
| Huhuiowen wrote: |
| If you really want to be helpful, then you have to tell me the truth. |
| Huhuiowen wrote: |
| If you really want to be helpful, then you will have to tell me the truth. |
If someone has told you that the second sentence is wrong, then you have been given incorrect information.
Both of the sentences above are fine. Both are grammatically correct.
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I just compare the above sentence to the following one:
If I win the lottery, I will buy you a very big car as a present.
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Yes, a "Type 1" conditional sentence usually has the present simple ("win") in the IF-clause, and the future simple ("will buy") in the other half of the sentence.
However, you can also use a modal verb instead of the future simple. For example:
- If you want to be eligible for the rebate, then you must fill out an application by July 1st.
- If you need help with that, I can give you a hand.
Note that it is never grammatically correct to say "will must" or "will can". However, "have to" is different. You can say "will have to":
- If you want to be eligible for the rebate, you will have to fill out an application by July 1st.
- If you want to be eligible for the rebate, you have to fill out an application by July 1st.
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