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If he gets home on time, we go out for dinner.

If he gets home on time, we go out for dinner.

A single action
A habitual action
Either


Votes: 186 Comments: 2 Added: April 2004
Comments:
alex - 15th October 2005 00:18
Depends entirely on context, though grammatically it's most likely to be habitual.
 
SimonTrew - 13th September 2007 16:52
Cannot be a singular action-- would be "If he gets home on time, *we'll* go out for dinner". But I would prefer it to be "*an* habitual action"!
 
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