ZERO CONDITIONAL
USE
to talk about facts or things that are generally true.Scientific facts are often covered by the zero conditional "When you heat ice, it melts."
STRUCTURE
IF+ SIMPLE PRESENT , SIMPLE PRESENT
If you mix red and blue, you get purple. Plants die if they don't get enough water.
The 'if' in this conditional can usually be replaced by 'when' without changing the meaning.When you touch a fire, you get burned. People die when they don't eat.
PUNTUACTION
If the sentence starts with ‘if’, we use a comma. If public transport is efficient, people stop using their cars. But if ‘if’ comes in the middle of the sentence, the comma isn’t necessary. The grass gets wet if it rains.
ZERO CONDITIONAL
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ZERO CONDITIONAL
USE
to talk about facts or things that are generally true.Scientific facts are often covered by the zero conditional "When you heat ice, it melts."
STRUCTURE
IF+ SIMPLE PRESENT , SIMPLE PRESENT
If you mix red and blue, you get purple. Plants die if they don't get enough water.
The 'if' in this conditional can usually be replaced by 'when' without changing the meaning.When you touch a fire, you get burned. People die when they don't eat.
PUNTUACTION
If the sentence starts with ‘if’, we use a comma. If public transport is efficient, people stop using their cars. But if ‘if’ comes in the middle of the sentence, the comma isn’t necessary. The grass gets wet if it rains.