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Which one is the correct sentence?
- If you need a dictionary, I'll lend you mine.
- If you need a dictionary, I lend you mine.
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Which one is the correct sentence?
- If you need a dictionary, I'll lend you mine.
- If you need a dictionary, I lend you mine.
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"I lend" would be ungrammatical. However, it will work in speech because it sounds the same as "I'll lend." Ha!
– Kris
Dec 5 at 10:22
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"I lend" is perfectly grammatical, but it is used in different circumstances. With "I lend" this is timeless or habitual. It could follow something like "Every week we go to French class, but we share our books". In the context the OP probably means, it has to be "I'll lend".
– Colin Fine
Dec 5 at 10:36
Hi Ana, you may not be aware that our other site English Language Learners is the best place to look for answers on English questions that a fluent speaker would find trivial. If you have a question for ELL, be sure to read their guidance on what you can ask. :-)
– Chappo
Dec 5 at 11:08
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Which one is the correct sentence?
- If you need a dictionary, I'll lend you mine.
- If you need a dictionary, I lend you mine.
present-tense conditional-future
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Which one is the correct sentence?
- If you need a dictionary, I'll lend you mine.
- If you need a dictionary, I lend you mine.
present-tense conditional-future
present-tense conditional-future
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"I lend" would be ungrammatical. However, it will work in speech because it sounds the same as "I'll lend." Ha!
– Kris
Dec 5 at 10:22
2
"I lend" is perfectly grammatical, but it is used in different circumstances. With "I lend" this is timeless or habitual. It could follow something like "Every week we go to French class, but we share our books". In the context the OP probably means, it has to be "I'll lend".
– Colin Fine
Dec 5 at 10:36
Hi Ana, you may not be aware that our other site English Language Learners is the best place to look for answers on English questions that a fluent speaker would find trivial. If you have a question for ELL, be sure to read their guidance on what you can ask. :-)
– Chappo
Dec 5 at 11:08
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"I lend" would be ungrammatical. However, it will work in speech because it sounds the same as "I'll lend." Ha!
– Kris
Dec 5 at 10:22
2
"I lend" is perfectly grammatical, but it is used in different circumstances. With "I lend" this is timeless or habitual. It could follow something like "Every week we go to French class, but we share our books". In the context the OP probably means, it has to be "I'll lend".
– Colin Fine
Dec 5 at 10:36
Hi Ana, you may not be aware that our other site English Language Learners is the best place to look for answers on English questions that a fluent speaker would find trivial. If you have a question for ELL, be sure to read their guidance on what you can ask. :-)
– Chappo
Dec 5 at 11:08
"I lend" would be ungrammatical. However, it will work in speech because it sounds the same as "I'll lend." Ha!
– Kris
Dec 5 at 10:22
"I lend" would be ungrammatical. However, it will work in speech because it sounds the same as "I'll lend." Ha!
– Kris
Dec 5 at 10:22
2
2
"I lend" is perfectly grammatical, but it is used in different circumstances. With "I lend" this is timeless or habitual. It could follow something like "Every week we go to French class, but we share our books". In the context the OP probably means, it has to be "I'll lend".
– Colin Fine
Dec 5 at 10:36
"I lend" is perfectly grammatical, but it is used in different circumstances. With "I lend" this is timeless or habitual. It could follow something like "Every week we go to French class, but we share our books". In the context the OP probably means, it has to be "I'll lend".
– Colin Fine
Dec 5 at 10:36
Hi Ana, you may not be aware that our other site English Language Learners is the best place to look for answers on English questions that a fluent speaker would find trivial. If you have a question for ELL, be sure to read their guidance on what you can ask. :-)
– Chappo
Dec 5 at 11:08
Hi Ana, you may not be aware that our other site English Language Learners is the best place to look for answers on English questions that a fluent speaker would find trivial. If you have a question for ELL, be sure to read their guidance on what you can ask. :-)
– Chappo
Dec 5 at 11:08
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Both sentences are grammatically correct because they are of different types.
The first one is 'First Conditional'. It refers to real future situations. The verb form in the main clause is usually in the so called 'Future Simple Tense' /will and the bare Infinitive/ or there is a modal complex predicate /must, may, etc. and bare Infinitive/.
The second one is 'Zero Conditional'. It refers to permanent situations which are always true. The verb form in the main clause is in one of the Present Tenses /nearly always the Present Simple/.
answered Dec 5 at 11:10
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In fact, however, the two sentences would not be distinguishable in normal speech; I'll lend you mine sounds just like I lend you mine because of the contraction. So there is only a difference in writing, and that's not likely for a sentence like this one.
– John Lawler
Dec 5 at 23:40
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I agree. Thee are no geminates in contemporary English pronunciation.
– user307254
Dec 6 at 3:12
(Well, except for incidental ones like bookcase and hat-tip.)
– John Lawler
Dec 6 at 17:43
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Yes. I meant only linking words in speech, not compounds.
– user307254
Dec 6 at 18:26
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Both sentences are grammatically correct because they are of different types.
The first one is 'First Conditional'. It refers to real future situations. The verb form in the main clause is usually in the so called 'Future Simple Tense' /will and the bare Infinitive/ or there is a modal complex predicate /must, may, etc. and bare Infinitive/.
The second one is 'Zero Conditional'. It refers to permanent situations which are always true. The verb form in the main clause is in one of the Present Tenses /nearly always the Present Simple/.
answered Dec 5 at 11:10
user307254
77119
In fact, however, the two sentences would not be distinguishable in normal speech; I'll lend you mine sounds just like I lend you mine because of the contraction. So there is only a difference in writing, and that's not likely for a sentence like this one.
– John Lawler
Dec 5 at 23:40
1
I agree. Thee are no geminates in contemporary English pronunciation.
– user307254
Dec 6 at 3:12
(Well, except for incidental ones like bookcase and hat-tip.)
– John Lawler
Dec 6 at 17:43
1
Yes. I meant only linking words in speech, not compounds.
– user307254
Dec 6 at 18:26
add a comment |
up vote
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Both sentences are grammatically correct because they are of different types.
The first one is 'First Conditional'. It refers to real future situations. The verb form in the main clause is usually in the so called 'Future Simple Tense' /will and the bare Infinitive/ or there is a modal complex predicate /must, may, etc. and bare Infinitive/.
The second one is 'Zero Conditional'. It refers to permanent situations which are always true. The verb form in the main clause is in one of the Present Tenses /nearly always the Present Simple/.
answered Dec 5 at 11:10
user307254
77119
In fact, however, the two sentences would not be distinguishable in normal speech; I'll lend you mine sounds just like I lend you mine because of the contraction. So there is only a difference in writing, and that's not likely for a sentence like this one.
– John Lawler
Dec 5 at 23:40
1
I agree. Thee are no geminates in contemporary English pronunciation.
– user307254
Dec 6 at 3:12
(Well, except for incidental ones like bookcase and hat-tip.)
– John Lawler
Dec 6 at 17:43
1
Yes. I meant only linking words in speech, not compounds.
– user307254
Dec 6 at 18:26
add a comment |
up vote
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up vote
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Both sentences are grammatically correct because they are of different types.
The first one is 'First Conditional'. It refers to real future situations. The verb form in the main clause is usually in the so called 'Future Simple Tense' /will and the bare Infinitive/ or there is a modal complex predicate /must, may, etc. and bare Infinitive/.
The second one is 'Zero Conditional'. It refers to permanent situations which are always true. The verb form in the main clause is in one of the Present Tenses /nearly always the Present Simple/.
answered Dec 5 at 11:10
user307254
77119
Both sentences are grammatically correct because they are of different types.
The first one is 'First Conditional'. It refers to real future situations. The verb form in the main clause is usually in the so called 'Future Simple Tense' /will and the bare Infinitive/ or there is a modal complex predicate /must, may, etc. and bare Infinitive/.
The second one is 'Zero Conditional'. It refers to permanent situations which are always true. The verb form in the main clause is in one of the Present Tenses /nearly always the Present Simple/.
answered Dec 5 at 11:10
user307254
77119
answered Dec 5 at 11:10
user307254
77119
answered Dec 5 at 11:10
user307254
77119
answered Dec 5 at 11:10
user307254
77119
77119
In fact, however, the two sentences would not be distinguishable in normal speech; I'll lend you mine sounds just like I lend you mine because of the contraction. So there is only a difference in writing, and that's not likely for a sentence like this one.
– John Lawler
Dec 5 at 23:40
1
I agree. Thee are no geminates in contemporary English pronunciation.
– user307254
Dec 6 at 3:12
(Well, except for incidental ones like bookcase and hat-tip.)
– John Lawler
Dec 6 at 17:43
1
Yes. I meant only linking words in speech, not compounds.
– user307254
Dec 6 at 18:26
add a comment |
In fact, however, the two sentences would not be distinguishable in normal speech; I'll lend you mine sounds just like I lend you mine because of the contraction. So there is only a difference in writing, and that's not likely for a sentence like this one.
– John Lawler
Dec 5 at 23:40
1
I agree. Thee are no geminates in contemporary English pronunciation.
– user307254
Dec 6 at 3:12
(Well, except for incidental ones like bookcase and hat-tip.)
– John Lawler
Dec 6 at 17:43
1
Yes. I meant only linking words in speech, not compounds.
– user307254
Dec 6 at 18:26
In fact, however, the two sentences would not be distinguishable in normal speech; I'll lend you mine sounds just like I lend you mine because of the contraction. So there is only a difference in writing, and that's not likely for a sentence like this one.
– John Lawler
Dec 5 at 23:40
In fact, however, the two sentences would not be distinguishable in normal speech; I'll lend you mine sounds just like I lend you mine because of the contraction. So there is only a difference in writing, and that's not likely for a sentence like this one.
– John Lawler
Dec 5 at 23:40
1
1
I agree. Thee are no geminates in contemporary English pronunciation.
– user307254
Dec 6 at 3:12
I agree. Thee are no geminates in contemporary English pronunciation.
– user307254
Dec 6 at 3:12
(Well, except for incidental ones like bookcase and hat-tip.)
– John Lawler
Dec 6 at 17:43
(Well, except for incidental ones like bookcase and hat-tip.)
– John Lawler
Dec 6 at 17:43
1
1
Yes. I meant only linking words in speech, not compounds.
– user307254
Dec 6 at 18:26
Yes. I meant only linking words in speech, not compounds.
– user307254
Dec 6 at 18:26
add a comment |
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"I lend" would be ungrammatical. However, it will work in speech because it sounds the same as "I'll lend." Ha!
– Kris
Dec 5 at 10:22
2
"I lend" is perfectly grammatical, but it is used in different circumstances. With "I lend" this is timeless or habitual. It could follow something like "Every week we go to French class, but we share our books". In the context the OP probably means, it has to be "I'll lend".
– Colin Fine
Dec 5 at 10:36
Hi Ana, you may not be aware that our other site English Language Learners is the best place to look for answers on English questions that a fluent speaker would find trivial. If you have a question for ELL, be sure to read their guidance on what you can ask. :-)
– Chappo
Dec 5 at 11:08