ppt.cc/f92eSx If the office is open until five, we’ll have plenty of time to go there this afternoon. If the office will be open until five, we’ll have plenty of time to go there this afternoon. What’s the difference in meaning between the above two sentences? I’d say the sentence with ‘will’ in the IF clause in essence refers to a specifically stated future reality rather than to a condition. In other words, perhaps someone has just told you that the office will be open later than usual today – it will be open until five: If (it is true that) the office will be open until five, we’ll have plenty of time to go there this afternoon. I suppose you might say that the unspoken condition in that sentence is “it is true”. This is not the most commonly used format for an IF sentence, but in my opinion it is one of several grammatically correct ways to use ‘will’ in an IF clause. -- 单眼皮: 目睭单绚(toaN-sun5)。 双眼皮: 目睭重绚。 1931 年 熊谷良正 《台湾语之研究》 --

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