If-Then Sentence
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An If-Then Sentence is a Conditional Sentence where the Antecedent Clause is an If-Clause and the Consequent Clause is a Then-Clause.
- AKA: Indicative Conditional Sentence.
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- Example(s):
- “John was at the meeting, he knows what is going on.”
- “If they leave now, they will make the 6PM show.”
- “If it rains this weekend, we won't have the picnic.”
References
- (Wikipedia, 2009) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conditional_sentence
- In grammar, conditional sentences are sentences discussing factual implications or hypothetical situations and their consequences. Languages use a variety of conditional constructions and verb forms (such as the conditional mood) to form these kinds of sentences.
- Full conditional sentences contain two clauses: the condition or protasis, and the consequence or apodosis.
- If it rains [condition], (then) the picnic will be cancelled [consequence].
- Syntactically, the result is the main clause, and the condition is a subordinate clause. It is primarily the properties of the protasis (condition) (tense and degree of factualness), however, that determine the properties of the entire sentence.