[Grammar] If you ever...

[englishlearner77]

Which one is correct?

1. If you ever doubt the wisdom of your decision tell me about it.
2.He might doubt the wisdom of his decision.

 

[Raymott]

Which one is correct?

1. If you ever doubt the wisdom of your decision tell me about it.
2.He might doubt the wisdom of his decision.

They're both grammatical. The first doesn't sound natural.

 

[englishlearner77]

So, you think that better choice will be the second?

 

[emsr2d2]

As long as you didn't want them to mean the same, yes. The second is a naturally better sentence.

 

[englishlearner77]

And are there any differences between them?

 

[5jj]

And are there any differences between them?

YES. they mean completely different things.


1. If you ever doubt the wisdom of your decision tell me about it.
2.He might doubt the wisdom of his decision.

 

[beesting]

Which one is correct?

1. If you ever doubt the wisdom of your decision tell me about it.
2.He might doubt the wisdom of his decision.

**Not a teacher**
"Sensibility" or "prudence" might also work in place of "wisdom", I think.

The first sentence could use a comma after "decision".

 

[5jj]

Sensibility does not work.

 

[Raymott]

And are there any differences between them?

How can they possibly mean the same when you have 'you' and 'I' in the first sentence and 'he' in the second, and the second says says nothing about telling anyone about anything?
I'm genuinely interested in your answer because we get this question occasionally. What is your understanding of two sentences meaning the same thing?

 

[englishlearner77]

"In any differences" I mean not pronouns there are used but grammatical part. (gramatical structure).

 

[Raymott]

Thanks for the answer. I'm still mystified though. Instead of asking whether they mean the same (and I now understand that you see that they cannot be), you could ask "Is there any difference in the grammar?" But this is still wrong, since pronouns are part of the grammar and you have a different number of clauses.
In fact, I still do not know what elements of the sentence you are asking about when you say "Are there any differences?"
"Doubting the wisdom of a decision" means the same in both sentences.

 

[Barb_D]

The first suggests you think that there is no doubt (but he should alert you if it happens in the future).
The first suggests you think that there IS doubt.

Truly, almost nothing about these sentences is the same.