2014-11-05 Evening: conditionals

Greg Malivuk
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I like all of my students, who bring their homework on time.
I like all of my students who bring their homework on time.

Usually I am not the kind of person who believes any strange story that people in the pub are telling each other.
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If the main events in your story are in the simple past, then you need the past perfect to talk about things that happened before those events.

You can also use the narrative present, which is when a story (about the past) is told with present tense verbs, to make the action feel more immediate.
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She said, "Please cook dinner for your brother."
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Homework: handout p. 186-187, exercises 6, 7, 8
exercise 6
1 If I knew Jason's phone number, I could tell him what happened.
  If I had Jason's phone number,...
2 If she had prepared for the test, she would have passed.
  If she had been prepared for the test,...
3 If you had warned us about the bad weather, I would have brought a raincoat.
4 If I were in your situation, I would start looking for another job.
exercise 7
1 were
2 would start
3 wanted
4 could do
5 started
6 would contribute
7 had started
8 could have paid
9 would have contributed
10 decided
11 would cost
12 would end up
exercise 8
he always fell asleep (past real conditional)
	or: he would always fall asleep (past habitual action)
If his feet were near the fire, his slippers started to smoke and my grandmother had to rush over and wake him up.
my father sits
immediately goes to sleep and starts snoring
My mother gets really annoyed if that happens.
the same thing will happen to me (or may or might)
I wouldn't have this dilemma if my brother hadn't moved away
If he had stayed, he would be given the chair first and I would not be faced
	or: he would have been given the chair first and I would not be faced
If I move a small table, the chair will fit
	or: If I moved a small table, the chair would fit
Would I really have a problem if I settled...gave
	or: Will I really have...settle...give
who would wake me up if my slippers caught fire
	or: who will wake me up if my slippers catch
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https://books.google.com/ngrams/ - to see which of two (or more) words or phrases has been more common over time
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If the dependent clause is first, you need a comma.
You don't need a comma if the main clause is first.

words that begin dependent clauses = subordinating conjunctions:
	if, unless, when, while, until, before, after, because, since, by the time, although, though, even though, whereas, so (sometimes)

If it rains, then I will bring an umbrella.
 ("then" connects to the "if" in this sentence)

Then I will bring an umbrella if it rains.
 ("then" connects to some condition in an earlier sentence)
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You will pass if you study. = Everyone who studies will pass.
		(but some people who don't study can also pass)

You will pass only if you study. = Everyone who passes must have studied.
		(but some people who don't pass also studied)

He was over 35 if he was the President. (every President was over 35)

He was over 35 only if he was the President. (everyone over 35 was the President)

He'll come only if he's ordered to.
 = Ordering him is the only way to make him come. Asking isn't enough.
Only if he's ordered to will he come.
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Only after you study for many years can you become a doctor.
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She will pass even if she doesn't study, because she is very smart.

We will have the picnic even if it's raining.
Even if it's raining, we will have the picnic.

I wouldn't date you even if you were the last person on Earth.
Even if you were the last person on Earth, I wouldn't date you.
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He will come only if he is ordered to.
= He won't come unless he is ordered to.
= He won't come if he is not ordered to.

You will fail the test unless you study.
= You will fail the test if you don't study.
= You will pass the test only if you study.
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Homework: handout p. 191 and 193