Tham khảo tài liệu 'longman grammar of spoken and written english part 61', ngoại ngữ, ngữ pháp tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | Circumstance adverbials 819 Manner adverbial He smoothed the short sprays of leathery green leaves between his finger and thumb as if their texture might tell hint something fict Contingency adverbial of reason She should have jumped on it because it would be a way for her to make friends and meet people conv Contingency adverbial of condition Well I m going to feel lucky if my car isn t towed I think conv Clauses are also used for the less common semantic role of showing in what respect the remainder of the proposition is relevant As dinosaurs go they were the biggest of the big. news As far as farmers are concerned tree planting has not been integrated into their work patterns or land management news In discussing the semantic categories of adverbial clauses it should also be noted that clauses of condition can be further divided into three subcategories. First they can present an open condition also often called real that is the clause does not specify whether the condition is fulfilled or not Read the paper if you don t believe me fict If the consequences of a wrong decision are potentially very great as in medical diagnosis or Air Traffic Control the decision-maker is likely to look for cautious and probably inefficient strategies acad Second conditional clauses can present a hypothetical condition also often called unreal specifying that the condition is not fulfilled I would if I was you. conv In fact I ve got relatives in Romania and if I were still there I d be a vampire because of my red hair and blue eyes or brown eyes. conv note the use of subjunctive were here If I could correct this I certainly would news Less commonly adverbial clauses present a rhetorical condition. These clauses take the form of a conditional but combined with the main clause they make a strong assertion You may think that I want to destroy the milk boards but if you believe that you will believe anything news In this example the rhetorical conditional and its associated main .
