"If" clauses

"If Clauses

 

Life would be tragic if it weren't funny * If envy were a fever all minkind would be ill

I couldn't tell a story if my life depended on it. I'm the world's worst joke-teller.

If something scares me, then I have to do it. My biggest fear in life is fear.
If I agreed with you we’d both be wrong * If I couldn't laugh, I'd rather die

(Do you realize) if it weren't for Edison we'd be watching TV by candlelight?. Also "If it hadn't been for"

If it is important to you, you'll find a way. If not, you'll find an excuse (otherwise, or else)

If it's a good song, it doesn't really matter if it's trendy or not. It will hit.

If there were no bad people there would be no good lawyers.

If today were the last day of your life, would you want to do what you are about to do today?

If it hadn't been for the Cold War, neither Russia nor America would have been sending people into space.

If you're successful and stressed out, you're succeeding in spite of your stress, not because of it

If you aren't going all the way, why go at all?

If you're not married, chances are you think a lot about you

If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything / (then) you’re not taking enough risk

If you don't have enough time, stop watching TV * If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there.

If today were the last day of your life, would you want to do what you are about to do today?

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AS IF / THOUGH

Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.
Carry on any enterprise as if all future success depended on it.
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If envy were a fever all minkind would be ill * If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. It's the hard that makes it great.
If I agreed with you we’d both be wrong * If I couldn't laugh, I'd rather die * If you knew you were going to die one year from today, what would you do and how would you want to be remembered? * If you were to die today, what would you want to do? * If you died right now, do you know for sure that you would go to Heaven? * If today were the last day of your life, would you want to do what you are about to do today? * Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever * Study as if you were going to live forever; live as if you were going to die tomorrow 

I didn't want to do a book just to do a book. I wanted to do a book that, if you (should) (1) read it, you might take one thing from it. Until that was clear in my mind, I wasn't going to do one. * If we knew ourselves perfectly, we should die  * If he were to arrive, I should be pleased. (used to express a condition) @ If he should come = If he comes = If he happens to come.


If it hadn't been for the Cold War, neither Russia nor America would have been sending people into space. * (My life would have gone along perfectly well, politically speaking), if it hadn't been for girls. (vs "quite nicely"). Meaning: The situation would have been different without someone or something

If it weren't for the Beatles, I would not be a musician * (You know), if it weren't for these fans, I wouldn't have gotten as far as I did. Life would be tragic if it weren't funny * If it weren't for him, I would probably be living on the streets * I'd keep a garden if it weren't for having too much to do * If it weren't for baseball, many kids wouldn't know what a millionaire looked like * (Do you realize) if it weren't for Edison we'd be watching TV by candlelight?. Also "If it hadn't been for"

If it was up to me, everyone caught with a knife would get an automatic ten year sentence * If it was up to me, there wouldn't be no such thing as the establish-ment. (often capitalized,social, political order), la clase dirigente

If there is a State, then there is domination, and in turn, there is slavery.


If there were no bad people there would be no good lawyers

If you're successful and stressed out, you're succeeding in spite of your stress, not because of it * If you're going through hell, keep going.

If you aren't going all the way, why go at all? * If you're not married, chances are you think a lot about you * If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything / (then) you’re not taking enough risk * If you aren't happy in one place, chances are you won't be happy anyplace.

If you don't have enough time, stop watching TV * If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there 

If you love life, don't waste time for time is what life is made up of  * If you think you're not affected by climate change, think again! (reconsider, think over, revise one's decision) * If you can dream it, you can do it

If you put on weight it's not by chance. You put on weight because you eat compulsively.

If you want a thing done well, do it yourself * If you want something go get it. Period. * If you want to be happy (then) be * If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things * If you want to get along go along (compromiso, find a middle ground, give and take) * If you want to be happy for life, love what you do * If you want to know  what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals * If you want to learn, then teach * If you want to shine like a sun, first burn like a sun / first you have to burn like it * If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion *  If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be very intelligent, read them more fairy tales

If you've got nothing to hide, you've got nothing to fear * If you've got it, use it. If you don't then get it! * If you don’t go get it, someone else will / you ain't gonna get it done / you won’t have it / who will? * *

 

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if it weren't for somebody/something

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* If it weren't for him, I would probably be living on the streets.  * I'd keep a garden if it weren't for having too much to do.

Usage notes:

 

* If it wasn't for the nights (Abba's song)

   

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* If you think nobody cares if you’re alive, try missing a couple of payments.

I think I would go further into fine arts, I think, if I were to continue. 

 

as if