 Re: will x 2
Hello M56
The sentence seems fine to me. I don't see it as a true conditional, though; the 'if' seems almost to mean 'since'. The main clause expresses an inference, rather than a consequence. To my mind, the pattern of a true conditional sentence is:
1. If X happens, Y happens.
But here we have:
2. If X is true, it means that Y is true.
(Or 'because X, Y'.)
Cf.
3. If it's dark outside, it isn't noon.
Darkness isn't a condition of the fact that it isn't noon, but a correlative.
I'd agree that 'will' here stands for 'is willing'.
MrP
Last edited by MrPedantic; 20-Jul-2005 at 11:54.
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