Poll: 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: 331
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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