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Conditional Sentence | If Clause | Type One

Conditional Sentence or If Clause , according to Wikipedia.org , are sentences expressing factual implications, or hypothetical situations and their consequences. They are so called because the validity of the main clause of the sentence is conditional on the existence of certain circumstances, which may be expressed in a dependent clause or may be understood from the context . Further, it states that A full conditional sentence (one which expresses the condition as well as its consequences ) therefore contains two clauses: the dependent clause expressing the condition, called the protasis; and the main clause expressing the consequence, called the apodosis . An example of such a sentence (in English) is the following:         If it rains , the picnic will be cancelled. The example above is then called Conditional Sentence Type I. This following illustration will give you best vision of what conditional sentence is. From the picture here, it explains that the conditiona