Mastering Conditional Sentences: Exceptions and Omissions
Explore exceptions and omissions in the use of conditional sentences, including examples and insights on omitting "if" and using inversion. Learn how to express hypothetical statements effectively in English grammar.
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Exceptions When Using Conditional Sentences (2) BY ASST. PROF. ESTABRAQ R. (PHD.) ENGLISH CLASSES COLLEGE OF BASIC EDUCATION AL-MUSTANSIRIYAH UNIVERSTY
Omission of "if", with inversion Sometimes, hypothetical conditional statements or unfulfilled hypothetical statements can be expressed omitting the word if. When this happens the subject follows the auxiliary verb in the conditional clause
Examples Were the virus to reappear, hospitals would now be ready for it. (open hypothesis) = If the virus reappeared, hospitals would now be ready for it. or If the virus were to reappear, hospitals would now be ready for it.
Had I known, I'd never have gone there (unfulfilled hypothesis; implying "I did go there because I did not know".) = If I had known, I'd never have gone there.
Note: using " unless" "Unless" means the same as "if ... not", and has a negative value. It is frequently (but not only) used in conditional statements where the verb of the main clause is also in the negative. You wouldn't have fallen over unless there'd been a banana skin on the ground. = You wouldn't have fallen over if there hadn't been a banana skin on the ground.
