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If (preposition)

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65:). That clause is, within the conditional construction, the condition (or protasis) on which the main clause (or apodosis) is contingent. In such cases, 174: 196: 201: 121: 133: 32: 162: 76: 170: 158: 117: 80: 20: 95: 190: 91: 116:, often understood as a single word encompassing both this preposition and 98:(AdjP) complement, the construction is concessive rather than conditional: 69:
can be paraphrased as "in case" or "contingent on the case that".
124:", a category covering a broad range of clause-connecting words. 79:, and within a conditional construction it functions as an 134:
Material conditional §Discrepancies with natural language
16:Word used in English for conditional constructions 167:The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language 8: 57:normally takes a clausal complement (e.g., 169:. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 112:Traditional grammar books commonly treat 153: 151: 149: 145: 7: 14: 100:The ascent was exhilarating, if 1: 118:the homonymous subordinator 218: 19:For the subordinator, see 18: 122:subordinating conjunction 73:If it's sunny tomorrow 63:if it's sunny tomorrow 40:it's sunny tomorrow, 163:Pullum, Geoffrey K. 59:it's sunny tomorrow 48:we'll have a picnic 33:English preposition 159:Huddleston, Rodney 77:preposition phrase 53:As a preposition, 176:978-0-521-43146-0 21:If (subordinator) 209: 181: 180: 155: 96:adjective phrase 217: 216: 212: 211: 210: 208: 207: 206: 187: 186: 185: 184: 177: 157: 156: 147: 142: 130: 108: 104: 24: 17: 12: 11: 5: 215: 213: 205: 204: 199: 189: 188: 183: 182: 175: 144: 143: 141: 138: 137: 136: 129: 126: 106: 102: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 214: 203: 200: 198: 197:English words 195: 194: 192: 178: 172: 168: 164: 160: 154: 152: 150: 146: 139: 135: 132: 131: 127: 125: 123: 119: 115: 110: 101: 97: 93: 89: 84: 82: 78: 74: 70: 68: 64: 60: 56: 51: 49: 45: 41: 39: 35:, as seen in 34: 30: 29: 22: 202:Prepositions 166: 113: 111: 99: 87: 85: 72: 71: 66: 62: 58: 54: 52: 47: 43: 37: 36: 27: 26: 25: 92:noun phrase 191:Categories 140:References 165:(2002). 128:See also 120:, as a " 94:(NP) or 90:takes a 81:adjunct 173:  86:Where 31:is an 75:is a 171:ISBN 107:AdjP 44:then 109:). 61:in 50:. 193:: 161:; 148:^ 114:if 103:NP 88:if 83:. 67:if 55:if 38:If 28:If 179:. 105:/ 46:) 42:( 23:.

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If (subordinator)
English preposition
preposition phrase
adjunct
noun phrase
adjective phrase
the homonymous subordinator
subordinating conjunction
Material conditional §Discrepancies with natural language



Huddleston, Rodney
Pullum, Geoffrey K.
ISBN
978-0-521-43146-0
Categories
English words
Prepositions

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