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231 CONDITIONAL SENTENCES

If’in koşul bildiren anlamından farklı anlamlardaki kullanımı:

If =when:

If/when you boil water, it turns into steam.

If = although/even if:

He will go for a picnic, if/although/even if it snows.

Whether’in yerine if:

We want to know if you can help us.

Mixed tense sequences in conditional sentences:

Bu bölümde temel cümle (main clause)’deki tense ve koşul cümle (if-clause)’sindeki tense’in
farklı type’lara ait olduğunu göreceğiz. Bu tür cümlelerde dikkat etmemiz gereken, eylemin
asıl ne zaman yapıldığı veya söylenen ifadenin ne zaman ait olduğunu tespit etmektir. Aşağı-
daki tablodaki örneklere dikkat ederseniz bu tür cümlelerin mantığını çok rahat kavrayacak-
sınız:

Type-1 Type-3
If he is so hungry, he shouldn’t have missed the breakfast.
If she is as clever as you think, she should have been very rich now.
Type-2 Type-3
If she was a man, they would have given her the job.
If I were you, I would have applied for the job.
Type-3 Type-2
If he had saved money, he wouldn’t be poor now.
If I had seen the doctor, I wouldn’t be so ill now.
Type- 2 Type-1
If he played basketball yesterday, he will be feeling very tired.
If she missed the train, she won’t be here on time.