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If Clauses and Inversions - Summary
If Clauses and Inversions - Summary
Type 0
(!)AMA her “if type 0” cümlesi bir “when” cümlesi olsa da her “when” cümlesi bir “if type 0”
cümlesi değildir.
e.g.: When she sleeps, she sometimes snores.
If she sleeps, she sometimes snores.
Type 1
Type 2
If I didn’t take the YKS exam, I wouldn’t be here. (an alternative present)
Type 3
My flight wouldn’t have been cancelled last week if there hadn’t been a technical
problem. (an alternative past)
Mixed Type (söylemeyi unutmuş olabilirim, ehe)
→Bazı zamanlar geçmişte yapılan bir şey şimdiyi değiştirebilir. Bu durumlarda genelde “Type 2”
ve “Type 3” birlikte kullanılır.
e.g.: My family isn’t rich. That’s why, I can’t buy a car.
Inversions
Type 1- “If” yerine “Should” getirilir. Eğer fiilde (-s) takısı varsa kaldırılır.
e.g.: If he comes, it will be great.
Had the dog been that hungry, it would’ve accepted the food I gave.
(!) Eğer inversion bir negatifse (negation) not özneden sonra gelir.
e.g.: Should he not come, it wouldn’t be great. :(
Were I not a girlie, I would always wear baggy clothes.
Were we not to see her falling in the hole, we couldn’t save her.
Had she not been a good student, she wouldn’t have gotten such good grades.