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If only + would ile isteklilik (willingness) belirtilir:

If only it would stop raining.
If only they would tell me what they have decided.
If only the baby would stop crying.

[If only ve wish karşılaştırması için WISH CLAUSES konusuna bakınız]

 Omission of ‘If ’

If’in atılabildiği bazı durumlar:

Type-1

Sit down, and I’ll help you solve the problem. =
If you sit down, I’ll help you solve the problem.
(Oturursanız problemi çözmenize yardım edeceğim)

Given time, they may join us. =
If we give them time, they may join us
(Onlara zaman verirsek bize katılabilirler)

 Üstteki durumlardan başka type-1 cümlelerini devrik yapmak istiyorsak if ‘i atarız yerine
should + subject kullanırız:

If you tell us what to do, we'll get on with it.
Should you tell us what to do, we’ll get on with it.

If he stays till June, he will have been playing in this team for eight months.
Should he stay till June, he will have been playing in this team for eight months.

If he helps me, I will give him a gift.
Should he help me, I will give him a gift.

Type-2

To hear her talk, you’d think she was Prime Minister.
If you could hear her talk, you’d think she was Prime Minister.
(Onun konuştuğunu duysan Başbakan olduğunu düşünürsün)

But for his advice, you would be in trouble.
If he didn’t give you advice, you would be in trouble.
(Size tavsiye etmezse başınız belaya girecek)

 Üstteki durumlardan başka type-2 cümlelerini devrik yapmak istiyorsak ‘be’ fiilinin bulun-
duğu cümleler için were + subject yapısını, diğer fiillerin bulunduğu cümleler için de
were + subject + to do yapısını kullanırız: