[General] <Nuance> if you don't be careful. / if you are not careful.

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Tae-Bbong-E

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I want to know the different nuance.
For example:
You could easily die if you don't be careful.
You could easily die if you are not careful.

As well, does an imperative sentence come along with "If - a subjunctive conjunction"?
For example:
If I don't be careful
If you don't be careful
If she does't be careful
If they don't be careful
 
The don't be forms are not natural. You can forget about them.
 
Hi. Thanks [STRIKE]to[/STRIKE] for your reply.

[STRIKE]So[/STRIKE] Are they all wrong? ;-)

Note my corrections above. Please don't get into the irritating habit of starting sentences with "So". It's appropriate in some contexts, such as "So many people are coming to my party that I have no idea how I'll feed them all!" Note that when you do start a sentence with "So", the next word should start with a lower-case letter unless it's a proper noun or the word "I".
 
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