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In modern casual English it's very common to use present indicative in scenarios you would traditionally use other tenses (perfect or future) or moods (conditio
by singron 3y ago
In modern casual English it's very common to use present indicative in scenarios you would traditionally use other tenses (perfect or future) or moods (conditional or subjunctive).
- soupfordummies 3y agoYeah I think this may be it. "Present indicative instead of conditional" is maybe what I'm talking about? Kinda like, the speaker is dropping the word "if" from the statement? Imagine a political commentator saying something like "Trump wins the election, xyz happens, we're in new territory" Where the "correct" expression is "IF Trump wins the election then xyz could happen and we would be in new territory" (Not trying to make any sort of political point here, just as an example of what you might hear from a talking head on TV)