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Zero Conditional (Examples (When it rains, it pours!, If you eat too much…
Zero Conditional
Examples
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If you eat too much junk food, you can get fat
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If you’re in class, don’t use your phone.
If people eat too much, they get fat.
If you touch a fire, you get burned.
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If babies are hungry, they cry
Structure
As in all conditional sentences, the order of the clauses is not fixed. You may have to rearrange the pronouns and adjust punctuation when you change the order of the clauses, but the meaning is identical.
In most of the Zero Conditional phrases "if" is used, as a particle that indicates condition, however "when" can also be used, without changing the meaning.
We can make a zero conditional sentence with two present simple verbs (one in the 'if clause' and one in the 'main clause').
The order of the clauses is not fixed, it is possible to change it according to the normative rules, however, if the result is placed before and the conditional later, the meaning is identical.
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Examples (Structure)
If water reaches 100 degrees (Conditional), it boils (Result). (It is always true, there can't be a different result sometimes)
If I eat peanuts (Conditional), I am sick (Result). (This is true only for me, maybe, not for everyone, but it's still true that I'm sick every time I eat peanuts)
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Function
The zero conditional is used to make statements about the real world, and often refers to general truths, such as scientific facts, having specific uses.
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This conditional is used when the result will always happen. So, if water reaches 100 degrees, it always boils. It's a fact. I'm talking in general, not about one particular situation. The result of the 'if clause' is always the main clause.
Game
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