- if 用來表示主要子句發生的「條件」,時間為未來時,if 子句須以現在式代替未來式,而主要子句則保留未來式。
- If + S + V / be 動詞..., S + V / be 動詞...
- = S + V / be 動詞 + ... if + S + V / be 動詞...如:
- If the weather is fine next weekend, we’ll go mountain climbing.
- = We’ll go mountain climbing if the weather is fine next weekend.
- (如果下週末天氣好,我們就會去爬山。)
- 在所有的從屬子句中,表時間(when / before / af ter / until 直到)和條件(if / once 一旦 / as long as 只要)的副詞子句,都須以現在式代替未來式,如:
- When you see him tonight, tell him to call me. (你今晚見到他時,叫他打電話給我。)
- 下圖為:從屬連接詞if的句型。
