If conditional

[fadysandy]

If you don’t stop listening to that loud music, your headache will get worse.

If you don’t stop listening to that loud music, your headache gets worse.

Are they both correct? Thanks.

 

[emsr2d2]

They're both possible.

 

[fadysandy]

Thanks emsr2d2

 

[MikeNewYork]

I prefer the first.

 

[Polyester]

They're both possible.

not a teacher

I don't agree with you.
The first one,90% will get worse.
the second, below 90% gets worse.

I meant the first sentence is more true then second sentence.
Sound like "If you do.... you will..."

(If I wrong, please correct me! )

 

[emsr2d2]

Polyester, I can't make any sense of your attempted response. What has 90% got to do with anything? 90% of people? 90% of headaches? I've left your post in place for now and I've added "not a teacher" for you.

 

[emsr2d2]

If you don’t stop listening to that loud music, your headache will get worse.

If you don’t stop listening to that loud music, your headache gets worse.

Are they both correct? Thanks.

As I said in my first post, they're both possible. They have different meanings.

1) is directed at a specific person who already has a headache. The statement is a warning that if the person doesn't stop listening to the loud music they are listening to, then their headache will worsen.

2) is a general warning, in which "you" and "your" can be replaced by "one" and "one's".
"When you're ill, you feel miserable. You might have a blocked nose. If you don't inhale steam and eucalyptus, your blocked nose gets worse. You might have a headache. If you keep listening to loud music, your headache gets worse."

 

[Polyester]

Polyester, I can't make any sense of your attempted response. What has 90% got to do with anything? 90% of people? 90% of headaches? I've left your post in place for now and I've added "not a teacher" for you.

I'm sorry for this mistake that I made for you.
English is not my first language, I'm just sharing my opinion.:up:

 

[Rover_KE]

Polyester, please read this extract from the forum rules:

You are welcome to answer questions posted in the Ask a Teacher forum as long as your suggestions, help, and advice reflect a good understanding of the English language. If you are not a teacher, you will need to state that clearly in your post. Please note, all posts are moderated by our in-house language experts, so make sure your suggestions, help, and advice house the kind of information an international language teacher would offer. If not, and your posts do not contribute to the topic in a positive way, they will be subject to deletion.

 

[Raymott]

It's not a matter of preferring one sentence to another. If both are possible, it's a matter of using the right sentence for the meaning you want to convey.
I have a few favourite sentences, but I usually don't say them because they wouldn't make sense at the time.

 

[MikeNewYork]

If one already has a headache, the headache will get worse. If one doesn't already have a headache, there is nothing to get worse.