11 CONDITIONAL AND IF SENTENCES
UNLESS = viene usato quando sappiamo che qualcosa non accadrà a meno
che non ne succeda un’altra
If you do not help me, I won’t be able to lift this
I won’t be able to lift this unless you help me
OTHERWISE= è un altro modo di dire IF NOT. Può andare anche a fine di una
frase
Help me with this, otherwise I won’t be able to lift it
Help me with this. I won’t be able to lift it otherwise
IF ONLY= enfatizza IF oppure può essere usato anche solo come esclamazione
If only you had told me, I could have helped you
If only you had told me!
AS LONG AS/ ON CONDITION THAT/ PROVIDING THAT/ PROVIDED=
enfatizza only …. If
You can only go to the party, if you are home before 12.00
You can go to the party, as long as you are home before 12.00
You can go to the party, on condition that you are home before 12.00
You can go to the party, provided that you are home before 12.00
EVEN IF= può essere usato nelle frasi condizionali per enfatizzare if
Even if you begged him to take the money, he wouldn’t accept
IF YOU HAPPEN
If you happen to be in the neighbourhood, do drop in and see us
IF I WERE TO= per parlare di eventi futuri
If I were to offer you more money, would you stay in the job?
IF IT WERE/ IF IT WAS NOT/ IF IT HAD NOT BEEN FOR= per parlare di fatti
che dipendono da altri (se non fosse stato per, lei non saremmo andati)
If it were not for Helen, our team would be the worst in the area
If it had not been for Jim, the child would have drowned
