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Wednesday
Topic of the week: CONDITIONALS
FACTUAL CONDITIONALS
1. They express facts.
Factual conditionals express relationships - such as those based
on physical laws - that are always true and never change. These
types of conditionals are often used in scientific writing.
Examples:
* If you don't eat properly, your health suffers.
* If your heart stops, blood is not pumped to the brain.
Form:
We use the simple present tense in both the IF clause and the
main clause. There is a comma after the IF clause.
2. They express habitual activity.
Factual conditionals also express relationships based on habits.
Habitual conditionals are common in everyday conversation.
Examples:
* If I cook, my husband washes the dishes.
* If I lied, my mother punished me.
Form:
We use present tense in both clauses if the relationship refers
to the present time. We use simple past in both clauses if the
relationship refers to past time.
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