I stumbled upon on this sentence while reading newspaper.
"Similarly, a 1995 report prepared by the Water Development Board says the water flow in the rivers Meghna, Surma and Kushiara will decrease should India construct the dam."
I understand until ".... will decrease" but the last part "should India construct the dam" is making me confused.
Could any1 explain how the sentence was formed grammatically? Other examples are also requested to be shown.
Is the last part grammatically correct?
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This is grammatically correct in introducing the conditional. Basically this is a bit more proper, but it acts as a replacement for if..
Other examples:
You will have a fun time at the party should you decide to go.
I will have to change my tire should it become flat.
Hope that helps.
Other examples:
You will have a fun time at the party should you decide to go.
I will have to change my tire should it become flat.
Hope that helps.
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Jim@StratusPrep wrote:This is grammatically correct in introducing the conditional. Basically this is a bit more proper, but it acts as a replacement for if..
Other examples:
You will have a fun time at the party should you decide to go.
I will have to change my tire should it become flat.
Hope that helps.
"You will have a fun time at the party should you decide to go"
Does this part "should you decide to go." means a question like "should you decide to go?". otherwise, what does this part mean?
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Jim@StratusPrep wrote:This is grammatically correct in introducing the conditional. Basically this is a bit more proper, but it acts as a replacement for if..
Other examples:
You will have a fun time at the party should you decide to go.
I will have to change my tire should it become flat.
Hope that helps.
This could be correct but I read somewhere that 'should' should *never* be used for 'conditional' in GMAT. Am I missing something?
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Secondly one more doubt - since we are telling a conditional which was evaluated in the past, shall we not use - would in place of will - in the original sentence.Jim@StratusPrep wrote:This is grammatically correct in introducing the conditional. Basically this is a bit more proper, but it acts as a replacement for if..
Other examples:
You will have a fun time at the party should you decide to go.
I will have to change my tire should it become flat.
Hope that helps.
A 1955 report said that the water level would decrease if India constructed the dam.
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again smthing nw to learn, thanks..rrobiinn wrote:I stumbled upon on this sentence while reading newspaper.
"Similarly, a 1995 report prepared by the Water Development Board says the water flow in the rivers Meghna, Surma and Kushiara will decrease should India construct the dam."
I understand until ".... will decrease" but the last part "should India construct the dam" is making me confused.
Could any1 explain how the sentence was formed grammatically? Other examples are also requested to be shown.