Thread: 1st conditional + going to future or present cont.?
View Single Post
  #1 (permalink)  
Old 16-Dec-2007, 06:21
nico nico is offline
Newbie
  
Join Date: Sep 2007
Country: Switzerland
Posts: 16
Current Location: Switzerland
First Language: German
Member Type: Academic
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
nico is on a distinguished road
Default 1st conditional + going to future or present cont.?
Hi

All grammar books I know state that 1st conditional sentences have to be built as follows:

IF + simple present, will + infinitive (or in reverse order)

e.g.

If you give me £5, I'll clean the flat for you.

I wonder if alternative structures are considered possible/acceptable:

IF + simple present, goint to future/present continuous

e.g.

If you give me £5, I'm going to clean the flat for you./I'm cleaning the flat for you.

I'm looking forward to any comments on this.

Kind regards

Nico
Reply With Quote